Meaning & use

brazier

noun·Advanced

A portable metal container or stand used to hold burning coals for heating or cooking.

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Workers warmed their hands over a brazier outside the construction site.

The restaurant used a small brazier at each table to grill the meat.

A note on using this word

Brazier is unrelated to the similarly spelled 'brassiere,' though the two are sometimes confused in casual writing.

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