brazier
1 Americannoun
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a metal receptacle for holding live coals or other fuel, as for heating a room.
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a simple cooking device consisting of a container of live coals covered by a grill or thin metal top upon which the food, usually meat, is placed.
noun
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Other Word Forms
- braziery noun
Etymology
Origin of brazier1
First recorded in 1680–90; earlier brasier, from French; braise, -er 2
Origin of brazier2
1275–1325; Middle English brasier, equivalent to Old English bræsi ( an ) to work in brass + -er -er 1
Example Sentences
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There’s “The Witcher”-themed medieval-style brazier fueled by the supernatural force that we know in modern times as a gas line.
From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025
Perrottet recounts how the Olympic flame was run from Greece to Germany over 12 days, ending with the lighting of a “colossal brazier in the Berlin stadium before the Führer’s approving gaze.”
From Washington Times • Mar. 18, 2020
The head almost rests atop legs folded beneath him, weighted down by the massive brazier balanced on his head like an improbable hat.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2018
All gestures here are grand gestures; all soirées are glittering soirées; all mirrors are magic mirrors; every ferocity is a genuine ferocity; every grill is a brazier; every regret a bitter one.
From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2017
A ragged skin had been hung across the narrow window to keep the damp out, and a slab of peat smoldered in a brazier.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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