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brassero

brassero noun: a tall dish for burning charcoal.

Noun

brassero (plural brasseros)

  1. A tall dish for burning charcoal.
    • Here Colonel T. was received by the Minister in an easy and familiar style; and having drawn chairs round the brassero, (one of which the Prince presented to him,) they sat down.1804, Public Characters of 1798-9 [-1806] - Volume 4, page 442
    • The evening was excessively cold, a brisk wind from the mountain having set in ; and we all crowded round the brassero, which was placed in the corner of a very pretty drawing-room, till supper was served, about nine o'clock ; and we were complimented on having ridden well, as the distance from the...1824, Lady Maria Callcott, Judas Tadeo de Reyes, Journal of a Residence in Chile, During the Year 1822, page 241

Forms of brassero

pluralbrasseros

Origin of brassero

Borrowing from Spanish

Questions about brassero

What does brassero mean?
Brassero means a tall dish for burning charcoal.
What part of speech is brassero?
Brassero is a noun.
What is the plural of brassero?
The plural of brassero is brasseros.

Words near brassero in the dictionary

  1. brassening
  2. brassens
  3. brasser
  4. brasserie
  5. brasseries
  6. brassero
  7. brasseros
  8. brassers
  9. brasses
  10. brasses it out
  11. brasses off

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