brazier
1 Americannoun
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a metal receptacle for holding live coals or other fuel, as for heating a room.
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a simple cooking device consisting of a container of live coals covered by a grill or thin metal top upon which the food, usually meat, is placed.
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Other Word Forms
- braziery noun
Etymology
Origin of brazier1
First recorded in 1680–90; earlier brasier, from French; braise, -er 2
Origin of brazier2
1275–1325; Middle English brasier, equivalent to Old English bræsi ( an ) to work in brass + -er -er 1
Example Sentences
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There’s “The Witcher”-themed medieval-style brazier fueled by the supernatural force that we know in modern times as a gas line.
From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025
In one corner of the turbine hall, under a gaping hole in the roof, workers warm their hands over a makeshift brazier.
From BBC • Nov. 29, 2024
The key was its form: Instead of glassy beads in an open brazier, a public spectacle, it was offered as an oil, intimate and discreet, for an audience of one.
From New York Times • May 10, 2021
Perrottet recounts how the Olympic flame was run from Greece to Germany over 12 days, ending with the lighting of a “colossal brazier in the Berlin stadium before the Führer’s approving gaze.”
From Washington Times • Mar. 18, 2020
Despite all that, she still found time to tell us stories, teach us tribal songs and pose riddles for us to grapple with, as we all gathered around the smouldering embers of the brazier.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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