Braze
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /bɹeɪz/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Braze is a verb meaning (transitive) To cover with brass, or as with brass.
Meaning
(transitive) To cover with brass, or as with brass.
More Meanings
- To join two metal pieces, without melting them, using heat and diffusion of a jointing alloy of capillary thickness.
- A kind of small charcoal used for roasting ore.
- (obsolete) To burn or temper in fire.
Example Sentences
Roasting the ores is done with the charcoal braze (or fine charcoal from the charring) in heaps of thirty feet width, fifty-feet length and twenty feet height, containing 3,200 tons.
Word Forms
- brazes
- brazing
- brazed
- braise
- braize
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include weld, brass, braise, braize, bridle, copperize.
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