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brazier

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • brāʹ-zhər
  • /ˈbɹeɪʒəɹ/
  • UK: /ˈbɹeɪ.ʒə(ɹ)/
  • UK: /ˈbɹeɪ.zjə(ɹ)/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈbɹeɪ.ʒɚ/
  • rhymes with -eɪʒə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: B R EY1 Z IY0 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname originating as an occupation for a worker in brass.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A worker in brass; a brassworker.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: brassworker

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal for a source of light or heat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned; warms people who must stay outside for long times

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: brasier

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: heater, warmer

Narrower terms: hibachi

History

Etymology

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.

Across languages

Translations

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَجْمَرَة (majmara) — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Arabic: مَنْقَل (manqal) — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Arabic: مِنْقَل (minqal) — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Arabic: مجمرة (magmara) — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Arabic: شورية (šurya) — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Arabic: دوا (duwa) — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Arabic: مِنْقَل (mingal) — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Arabic: مجمر (majmar) — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Armenian: մանղալ (manġal) — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Armenian: մաղալ (maġal) — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Azerbaijani: manqal — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Belarusian: жаро́ўня (žarównja) — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Belarusian: манга́л (manhál) — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Bulgarian: манга́л (mangál) — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Catalan: braser — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 火盆 (huǒpén) — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Czech: koš na oheň — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Czech: gril — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Czech: opékací rošt — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Dutch: kolenbekken — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Dutch: vuurbekken — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Dutch: stoof — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Dutch: komfoor — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Dutch: vuurkorf — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Egyptian: a:x-Q7 (ꜥḫ) — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Esperanto: braĝujo — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • French: brasier — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • French: braséro — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • French: mangal — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Galician: braseiro — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Georgian: მაყალი (maq̇ali) — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • German: Feuerschale — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • German: Kohlenbecken — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Greek: πύραυνος (pýravnos) — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Greek: φουφού (foufoú) — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Greek: μαγκάλι (magkáli) — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Hindi: अंगीठी (aṅgīṭhī) — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Hindi: अँगीठी (aṅgīṭhī) — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Italian: braciere — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Japanese: 火鉢 (hibachi) — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Kazakh: мангал (mañal) — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Korean: 화로 (hwaro) — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Northern Kurdish: agirdank — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Kyrgyz: мангал (mangal) — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Latin: vatillum — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Latin: foculus — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Macedonian: мангал (mangal) — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Marathi: शेगडी (śegḍī) — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Middle English: chaufour — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Pashto: منقل (manqal) — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Persian: منقل (manqal) — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Polish: koksownik — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Polish: koksiak — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Portuguese: braseiro — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Romanian: mangal — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Russian: жаро́вня (žaróvnja) — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Russian: манга́л (mangál) — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Serbo-Croatian: ма̀нгал — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Serbo-Croatian: màngal — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Spanish: brasero — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Tajik: манқал (manqal) — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Turkish: korluk — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Turkish: mangal — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Ottoman Turkish: مانغال (mangal) — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Ukrainian: жаро́вня (žaróvnja) — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Ukrainian: манга́л (manhál) — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Urdu: اَنْگِیٹھی (angīṭhī) — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Uzbek: manqal — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
  • Walloon: tocoe — an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
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