brazier
/ˈbɹeɪʒəɹ//ˈbɹeɪ.ʒə(ɹ)/
brazier noun: a worker in brass; a brassworker.
Noun (1)
brazier (plural braziers)
- A worker in brass; a brassworker.
- Synonyms:
- brassworker
Noun (2)
brazier (plural braziers)
- An upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal for a source of light or heat.
- One of them came forward, and, producing a lamp, lit it from his brazier (for the Amahagger when on a journey nearly always carried with them a little lighted brazier, from which to provide fire).1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
- At almost any time, while the boats weigh anchor, a small party can be seen in the stern, clustering about a charcoal brazier- a woman busy dishing out bowls of soup and macaroni, and men in palm-leaf hats, their bronzed bodies stripped to the waist, hurriedly scooping up steaming threads with the...March 1920, Alice Ballantine Kirjassoff, “FORMOSA THE BEAUTIFUL”, in National Geographic Magazine, pages 264–5
Proper noun capitalized: Brazier
Brazier
brazier meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
brazier in Hindi
- an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
- अंगीठी aṅgīṭhī, अँगीठी aṅgīṭhī
brazier in Tamil
- தழல்தட்டு, கன்னான், நெருப்புக்கலம், கனல் தட்டு
brazier in Marathi
- an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
- शेगडी śegḍī
brazier in Urdu
- an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
- اَنْگِیٹھی angīṭhī
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- brazier in Bengali
- জলন্ত অঙ্গার রাখবার পাত্রবিশেষ, কাঁসারি
- brazier in Malayalam
- പിച്ചളപ്പണിക്കാരൻ
- brazier in Kannada
- ಅಗ್ಗಿಷ್ಟಿಕೆ, ಅಂಗಾರದಾನಿ, ಕುಂಪಟಿ, ಕುಪ್ಪಟೆ
- brazier in Gujarati
- સગડી sagḍī
- brazier in Pashto
- منقل manqal
- brazier in Arabic
- مَجْمَرَة majmara, مَنْقَل manqal, مِنْقَل minqal
- brazier in Persian
- منقل manqal
Synonyms of brazier
Forms of brazier
| plural | braziers |
|---|---|
| alternative form | brasier |
Origin of brazier
From Middle English brasiere, from brasen (“to cover with brass”), from Old English brasian, bræsian (“to cover with brass”). By surface analysis, bras(s) + -ier.
From French brasier (“pan of hot coals”), from Middle French braisier, from Old French brasier, from brese (“embers, hot coals”), of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brasō. See braise.
Words formed from brazier
Words that rhyme with brazier
Questions about brazier
- What does brazier mean?
- Brazier means a worker in brass; a brassworker.
- What is brazier in Hindi?
- Brazier in Hindi is अंगीठी (aṅgīṭhī), अँगीठी (aṅgīṭhī). See Brazier meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is brazier?
- Brazier can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce brazier?
- Brazier is pronounced /ˈbɹeɪʒəɹ/.
- What is the plural of brazier?
- The plural of brazier is braziers.
Words near brazier in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: brazier (page history and authors); Brazier (page history and authors); brazier (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); brazier (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); brazier (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); brazier (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); સગડી (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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