Definitions for copper

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copper cop·per

Spelling: [kop-er]

IPA: /ˈkɒp ər/

Copper is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 79 anagrams from letters in copper (ceoppr).

Definitions for copper

noun

1. a malleable, ductile, metallic element having a characteristic reddish-brown color: used in large quantities as an electrical conductor and in the manufacture of alloys, as brass and bronze. Symbol: Cu; atomic weight: 63.54; atomic number: 29; specific gravity: 8.92 at 20°C.
2. a metallic reddish brown.
3. a coin composed of copper, bronze, or the like, as the U.S. cent or the British penny.
4. any of several butterflies of the family Lycaenidae, as Lycaena hypophleas (American copper) having copper-colored wings spotted and edged with black.
5. a container made of copper.
6. a tool partly or wholly made of copper:
7. British. a large kettle, now usually made of iron, used for cooking or to boil laundry.
8. a police officer.

adjective

1. made of copper:
2. reddish-brown; coppery:

verb (used with object)

1. to cover, coat, or sheathe with copper.
2. Informal. hedge (def 6).

Origin of copper

before 1000; Middle English coper, Old English coper, copor (cognate with Old Norse koparr, German Kupfer) Late Latin cuprum, for Latin (aes) Cyprium Cyprian (meta

Examples for copper

But the copper performs another important function: working as a catalyst in the distillation process.

"Why, he copped the copper's kale," Aggie translated, glibly.

"And copper's up two points to-day," said Percival, cheerfully.

After all, there are much larger risks in this world than traces of copper in your water.

Paul Smith filled the Bourse de Commerce with its copper cupola in June for his menswear show.

Here's copper just closed at 93, after opening strong this morning at 105.

Why the size and shape of a copper still is at the core of whisky distillation.

The movements in copper and Cordage Trust stocks are purely speculative.

You can find fourteen of these copper creations, all initially containing 3,900 liters of liquid apiece, on the Macallan estate.

Since then we have greatly diminished the iron and increased the copper.