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braze

1 American  
[breyz] / breɪz /

verb (used with object)

brazed, brazing
  1. to make of brass.

  2. to cover or ornament with or as if with brass.

  3. to make brasslike.


braze 2 American  
[breyz] / breɪz /

verb (used with object)

Metallurgy.
brazed, brazing
  1. to unite (metal objects) at high temperatures by applying any of various nonferrous solders.


braze 1 British  
/ breɪz /

verb

  1. to decorate with, make like, or make of brass

  2. to make like brass, as in hardness

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

braze 2 British  
/ breɪz /

verb

  1. (tr) to make a joint between (two metal surfaces) by fusing a layer of brass or high-melting solder between them

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the high-melting solder or alloy used in brazing

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of braze1

before 1000; Middle English brasen, Old English bræsian; see brass

Origin of braze2

1575–85; < French braser to solder (MF), burn ( Old French ) < Germanic; compare Swedish brasa, Danish brase to roast; see braise

Vocabulary lists containing braze

Example Sentences

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You don't braze it in liquid, so it's roasting it inside a pot that's covered, and then uncovering it to get some color on it.

From Salon May 29, 2023

H. B. can braze the ends of his brass plate to make a cylinder of it.

From Scientific American, Vol. XXXVII.?No. 2. [New Series.], July 14, 1877 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures by Various

Brass tubing is more easily soldered, but not so good to braze, and generally not so strong as copper, other things being equal.

From Things To Make by Williams, Archibald

Put a chalk mark each side where you want to braze.

From Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 by Burroughs, Barkham

To solder with hard solder, esp. with an alloy of copper and zinc; as, to braze the seams of a copper pipe.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

The face is brazed to the body, a process that joins the two dissimilar metals without welding to save additional weight.

From Golf Digest Mar. 15, 2019

Each features a DAT55 titanium L-shaped face, which like the woods is brazed to a heavier steel body.

From Golf Digest Mar. 15, 2019

The new hooks come in sizes 8/0 through 14/0 with a nickel finish and brazed rings.

From Time Magazine Archive

The engine and parts are stamped out, then brazed into a single piece by melting pure copper into all the joints, baking in a hydrogen furnace.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is constructed of separate plates of bronze brazed together.

From Japan by Murray, David

I think people have this impulse to sear your meat before brazing it.

From Salon Jul. 25, 2022

Still plenty brazing the rain and potential tempest to get along though - great to see:

From The Guardian Oct. 11, 2019

He studied pictures and documents about the original gate, which was installed in 1936, and used techniques like high-temperature brazing, which was more common than soldering in the 1930s.

From Reuters Apr. 16, 2015

The CB Pro F2 also employs the Exotics line’s trademarked brazing manufacturing technique.

From Golf Digest Oct. 16, 2013

Among the inventions of later date may be reckoned the use of electricity in heating; especially for industrial operations as electric forging, welding, brazing, tempering, etc.

From By Water to the Columbian Exposition by Wisthaler, Johanna S.

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