Brass is a metal alloy of copper and zinc.
Brass may also refer to:
Arts and culture
- Brass, brass instruments, musical instruments usually made of brass; or the part of an orchestra composed of players of those instruments
- Brass, a novel by Helen Walsh
- Brass (album), an album by Minibosses
- Brass (board game), a board game set in England during the industrial revolution
- Brass (film), a 1923 silent film romance
- Brass (TV series), a 1980s British television series starring Timothy West
Geography
- Brass, Nigeria, a local government area in Bayelsa State, Nigeria
- Twon-Brass, a town in Nigeria, head of the Brass local government area
- Brass Island, island in Nigeria, site of Twon-Brass
People with the surname
- Chris Brass (born 1975), English footballer
- Daniel J. Brass (born ca. 1948), American organizational theorist
- Eleanor Brass (1905–1992), Canadian writer
- John Brass, rugby player
- John Brass (colliery manager)
- John Brass (writer)
- Jim Brass, a character on the television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- Leonard John Brass (1900–1971), Australian botanist
- Otto Brass (1875–1950), German politician
- Paul Brass (1936–2022), American political scientist
- Steffani Brass (born 1992), American actress
- Tinto Brass (born 1933), Italian filmmaker
Other
- "Brass", military slang for officers, especially high-ranking ones with broad decision-making powers.
- "Brass", senior management in companies and other organizations.
- "Brass", English slang term for money, i.e. "brass in pocket"; as well as effrontery and in an alternative context, also slang for a prostitute
- "Brass", the metallic body of a cartridge case, usually made of brass
See also
- Horse brass, a plaque used to decorate shire horses
- Monumental brass, commemorative plates laid down in British and European churches