bronze: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 17 letter points · starts with B · ends with E
Meaning of bronze
noun
- uncountable
A naturally occurring or man-made alloy of copper, usually in combination with tin, but also with one or more other metals.
- countable, uncountable
A reddish-brown colour, the colour of bronze.
- countable
A work of art made of bronze, especially a sculpture.
- countable, uncountable
A bronze medal; third place.
Example: She wanted to win the tournament, but had to settle for the bronze after being beaten in the semi-finals.
Listed forms: bronzes.
Source: Wiktionary — bronze.
adj
Made of bronze metal.
Having a reddish-brown colour.
Tanned; darkened as a result of exposure to the sun.
Source: Wiktionary — bronze.
verb
- transitive
To plate with bronze.
Example: My mother bronzed my first pair of baby shoes.
- transitive
To color bronze; (of the sun) to tan.
- intransitive
To change to a bronze or tan colour due to exposure to the sun.
- transitive
To make hard or unfeeling; to brazen.
Listed forms: bronzes, bronzing, bronzed.
Source: Wiktionary — bronze.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for bronze.
adjective
of the color of bronze
verb
get a tan, from wind or sun
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is bronze in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of bronze
B(3) + R(1) + O(1) + N(1) + Z(10) + E(1) = 17 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of bronze
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from bronze
31 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in bronze. Showing up to 24, longest first.