<p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>Metallurgy: any of various alloys consisting essentially of copper and tin, the tin content not exceeding 11 percent.</li><li>any of various other alloys having a large copper content.</li><li>a metallic brownish color.</li><li>a work of art, as a statue, statuette, bust, or medal, composed of bronze.</li><li>Numismatics: a coin made of bronze, especially one from the Roman Empire.</li></ul><p><strong>verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) bronzed, bronzing: to give the appearance or color of bronze to.</li><li>to make brown, as by exposure to the sun: The sun bronzed his face.</li><li>Printing: to apply a fine metallic powder to (the ink of a printed surface) in order to create a glossy effect.</li><li>to apply a fine metallic powder to (areas of a reproduction proof on acetate) in order to increase opacity.</li></ul><p><strong>adjective</strong></p><ul><li>having the color bronze.</li></ul>