"metal container to hold live coals," 1680s, from French brasier "pan of hot coals," from Old French brasier, from brese "embers," ultimately from West Germanic *brasa (compare braze (v.1)), from PIE root *bhreu- "to boil, bubble, effervesce, burn."
brawny
Braxton Hicks
bray
braze
brazen
brazier
Brazil
Brazzaville
brb
breach
bread
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