Definitions for copals

copals co·pal

Spelling: [koh-puh l, -pal]
IPA: /ˈkoʊ pəl, -pæl/

Copals is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 148 anagrams from letters in copals (aclops).

Definitions for copals

noun

  1. a hard, lustrous resin obtained from various tropical trees and used chiefly in making varnishes.

Origin of copals

1570-80; Mexican Spanish Nahuatl copalli

Examples for copals

Father Brandsma is devoting some of his energy to a change in copal gathering.

These bowls were used as censers, for some are still filled with copal.

This they smeared with a paint made by the admixture of camwood and copal gum.

The pieces of copal recovered are in some cases as large as a human head.

Their base is copal, a fossil, resinous substance of vegetable origin.

It is principally employed in the preparation of copal varnish.

Dr Seler concludes “that it denotes the copal or the offering of incense.”

copal, dissolved in methylated spirits, will prove the most satisfactory.

The varnish should consist of copal in highly rectified spirit.

Use with oil on shellac and with oil or water on copal varnish.

Word Value for copals
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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