Copper (band)
WordNet
noun
(1) Any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings
(2) A reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper
(3) Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
(4) A copper penny
(5) A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor
verb
(6) Coat with a layer of copper
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Etymology 1
From , from , from , contraction of , from .
Noun
- a reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29.
- Something made of copper.
- The reddish-brown colour/color of copper.
- A copper coin.
- A large pot used for heating water or washing clothes over a fire.
- 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.
Related terms
- BSCCO
- copperas
- cupr-, cupro-
- cuprane
- cuprate
- cuprea bark
- cupreous
- cupric
- cupriferous
- cuprite
- cuproid
- cuproso-
- cuprous
- YBCO
See also
- anna
- azurite
- bell metal
- bluestone
- blue vitriol
- Bordeaux mixture
- bornite
- brass
- bronze
- Caboclo
- chalcid
- chalcanthite
- chalcocite
- chalcopyrite
- chalcosis
- chessylite
- chrysocolla
- covellite
- ferrous sulphate
- kipper
- lentigohepatic degeneration
- malachite
- Monel
- olivenite
- ormolu
- patina
- peacock ore
- soldo
- speculum metal
- tombac
- verd antique
- verdigris
- widow’s mite
- Wilson's disease
- Appendix:Colours