Meanings
brazier1
plural braziers · alternative brasier
- A worker in brass; a brassworker.
Synonyms: brassworker
brazier2
plural braziers · alternative brasier
- 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, →OCLC1 more example
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 aid of long wooden chop-sticks.
March 1920, Alice Ballantine Kirjassoff, “FORMOSA THE BEAUTIFUL”, in National Geographic Magazine, pages 264–5
Brazier3
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA worker in brass; a brassworker.
More synonyms by meaning
nounlarge metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned; warms people who must stay outside for long times
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
brazier · noun
- Old Englishbrasian
- Middle Englishbrasiere
- Englishbrazier
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.
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Full word history & related roots →brazier · noun
- Proto-Germanic*brasō
- Old Frenchbrasier
- Middle Frenchbraisier
- Frenchbrasier“pan of hot coals”
- Englishbrazier
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.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مَجْمَرَة, مَنْقَل
- مَجْمَرَة (majmara)an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
- مَنْقَل (manqal)an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
- مِنْقَل (minqal)an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
Bulgarian манга́л
- манга́л (mangál)an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
Catalan braser
- braseran upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
Chinese Mandarin 火盆
- 火盆 (huǒpén)an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
Czech koš na oheň, gril
- koš na oheňan upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
- grilan upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
- opékací roštan upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
Dutch kolenbekken, vuurbekken
- kolenbekkenan upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
- vuurbekkenan upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
- stoofan upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
- komfooran upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
- vuurkorfan upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
Esperanto braĝujo
- braĝujoan upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
Finnish hiilipannu
- hiilipannuan upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
French brasier, braséro
- brasieran upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
- braséroan upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
- mangalan upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
German Feuerschale, Kohlenbecken
- Feuerschalean upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
- Kohlenbeckenan upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
Greek πύραυνος, φουφού
- πύραυνος (pýravnos)an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
- φουφού (foufoú)an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
- μαγκάλι (magkáli)an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
Hindi अंगीठी, अँगीठी
- अंगीठी (aṅgīṭhī)an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
- अँगीठी (aṅgīṭhī)an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
Italian braciere
- bracierean upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
Japanese 火鉢
- 火鉢 (hibachi)an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
Korean 화로
- 화로 (hwaro)an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
Latin vatillum, foculus
- vatilluman upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
- foculusan upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
Persian منقل
- منقل (manqal)an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
Polish koksownik, koksiak
- koksownikan upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
- koksiakan upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
Portuguese braseiro
- braseiroan upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
Romanian mangal
- mangalan upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
Russian жаро́вня, манга́л
- жаро́вня (žaróvnja)an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
- манга́л (mangál)an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
Spanish brasero
- braseroan upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
Turkish korluk, mangal
- korlukan upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
- mangalan upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
Ukrainian жаро́вня, манга́л
- жаро́вня (žaróvnja)an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
- манга́л (manhál)an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
Urdu اَنْگِیٹھی
- اَنْگِیٹھی (angīṭhī)an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with brazier
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Cite this entry
brazier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brazier
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