Meanings
braze1
present singular third person brazes · participle present brazing · participle past brazed · past brazed
braze2
present singular third person brazes · participle present brazing · participle past brazed · past brazed · alternative braise · alternative braize
- To join two metal pieces, without melting them, using heat and diffusion of a jointing alloy of capillary thickness.
plural brazes · alternative braise · alternative braize
- A kind of small charcoal used for roasting ore.
Roasting the ores is done with the charcoal braze (or fine charcoal from the charring) in heaps of thirty feet width, fifty-feet length and twenty feet height, containing 3,200 tons.
1877, Charles P. Williams, Industrial Report on Lead, Zinc and Iron, Together with Notes on Shannon County and Its Copper Deposits, Regan & Carter, page 144
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Origin
braze · verb
- Old Englishbrasian
- Middle Englishbrasen
- Englishbraze
From Middle English brasen, from Old English brasian, bræsian (“to cover with brass”), from bræs (“brass”).
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- Old Norsebrasa“to braze, harden with fire”
- Old Frenchbraser“to burn”
- Frenchbraser“to solder, weld”
- Englishbraze
1580s, "to expose to the action of fire", perhaps from French braser (“to solder, weld”), though the sense evolution is difficult to explain. Perhaps the English word is older, being unrecorded in Middle English but borrowed from Old French braser (“to burn”), which fits the meaning more closely. Old French braser derives from Old Norse brasa (“to braze, harden with fire”). Also possible is that the Middle English and English words were borrowed directly from Old Norse.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
French braser
- braserThe joining together of two metal pieces, without melting them, using heat and diffusion of a jointing alloy of capillary thickness
Greek χαλκοκολλώ
- χαλκοκολλώ (chalkokolló)The joining together of two metal pieces, without melting them, using heat and diffusion of a jointing alloy of capillary thickness
Polish zgrzewać
- zgrzewaćThe joining together of two metal pieces, without melting them, using heat and diffusion of a jointing alloy of capillary thickness
Portuguese brasar
- brasarThe joining together of two metal pieces, without melting them, using heat and diffusion of a jointing alloy of capillary thickness
Russian припаивать, спаивать
- припаивать (pripaivatʹ)The joining together of two metal pieces, without melting them, using heat and diffusion of a jointing alloy of capillary thickness
- спаивать (spaivatʹ)The joining together of two metal pieces, without melting them, using heat and diffusion of a jointing alloy of capillary thickness
Spanish soldar fuertemente / al fuerte
- soldar fuertemente / al fuerteThe joining together of two metal pieces, without melting them, using heat and diffusion of a jointing alloy of capillary thickness
Swedish hårdlöda
- hårdlödaThe joining together of two metal pieces, without melting them, using heat and diffusion of a jointing alloy of capillary thickness
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Cite this entry
braze. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/braze
“braze.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/braze. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “braze,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/braze.
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