Definition of "bronze" []

• Any of various alloys of copper and tin in various proportions, sometimes with traces of other metals. (noun)
• Any of various alloys of copper, with or without tin, and antimony, phosphorus, or other components. (noun)
• A work of art made of one of these alloys. (noun)
• A medal made of bronze awarded to one placing third in a competition, as in the Olympics. (noun)
• A moderate yellowish to olive brown. (noun)

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• ""Forever memorialized and captured in bronze is that one 500th of a second when flight was first achieved," said US Coast Guard Chaplain Rob Heckathorne during the ceremony."
• "Japan's Mao Asada hit her big, early jumps for silver, and Canada's Joannie Rochette skated through grief to win bronze Thursday in the finale of Olympic women's figure skating."
• "In Belle Glade, one of the farm towns on the edge of the lake, a sculpture on the lawn of the public library freezes in bronze a frightened woman running with a child cradled in one arm, a man and a boy fleeing with her."