copper
Definitions
- A police officer.
- A reddish-brown metallic chemical element (symbol Cu) with the atomic number 29; also, the metal made up of this element
- A reddish-brown metal, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29.
- A surname.
- The reddish-brown colour of copper (etymology 1 sense 1)
- The reddish-brown colour / color of copper.
- Any of various specialized items that are made of copper, where the use of copper is either traditional or vital to the function of the item.
- In full copper butterfly: any of various lycaenid butterflies with copper-coloured upperwings, especially those of the genera Lycaena and Paralucia
- A copper coin, typically of a small denomination, such as a penny.
- A copper mug used for drinking alcoholic beverages
- A large pot, often used for heating water or washing clothes over a fire. In Australasia at least, it could also be a fixed installation made of copper, with a fire underneath and its own chimney. Generally made redundant by the advent of the washing machine.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies with copper-coloured upperwings, especially those of the genera Lycaena and Paralucia.
Equivalents
38 more languages
Esperantokupra
SuomijeparijeppekultasiipikuparikupariesineKuparinenkuparinruskeakuparinvärinenkuparirahakyttäpatasinivuokkovaskinen
हिन्दीताम्र
Magyarzsaru
Հայերենպղինձ
Bahasa Indonesiatembaga
ქართულისპილენძისფერი
Kurdîaram
Latviešuvarš
Te Reo Māorikapa
Românăarămiu
Русскийлега́выйме́дная моне́тамедно-красныйме́дныйме́дный горшо́кме́дный котело́кмедьмедякполице́йскийцве́та ме́ди
සිංහලතඹ
Svenskakoppar
Kiswahilishaba
తెలుగురాగి
Examples
“Trump’s July 8 announcement of a 50% tariff on copper imports beginning August 1 sent prices surging 13% in one day, up to a record⟳ high of $5.69 per pound.”
“Coppers are generally good for a year, if the battery is carefully attended […]”
“Some coppers come⟳ already tinned. I didn't buy⟳ mine, so they surely were not tinned.”
“Coppers are not consumed, and their life depends largely on the manner in which they are used.”
“I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give⟳ the coppers.”
“"I don't want⟳ to spoil⟳ any comparison you are going to make⟳," said Jim, "but I was at Winchester and New College." ¶ "That will do," said Mackenzie. "I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick⟳ up a few coppers by—except steal⟳.[…]."”
“Mum would heat the water in a copper in the kitchen and transfer⟳ it to the tin bath.”
“I explain⟳ that socks can’t be boiled up in the copper with the sheets and towels or they shrink⟳.”
“When the water in the copper boils, the arsenic and tartar, well pounded, is put⟳ into it, and kept boiling till the liquor is reduced to about half.”
“'You had better mind⟳ you don't get⟳ up too early, and you mustn't put⟳ any fire under the copper before two o'clock.'”
“He rose to his knees, for he had been sitting in the darkness near the copper.”
“'Vot game now she play⟳?' he asked himself, as he distinguished his wife near one of the pig-scalding coppers.”
“The wet⟳ laundry's stove had a long vent in the ceiling which helped to release⟳ the steam from the coppers in which the clothes and bed linen were boiled.”
“One evening as I was lying down in Leicester Square / I was picked up by the coppers and kicked in the balls”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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