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1 8.4
To cover something with a thin layer of a reddish-brown metal
  • verb
  • /ˈkɑːpər/
translation icon : recubrir de cobre
  • Let's copper it.

Examples

  • Well, I, I copper and geranium and all that stuff.

  • And then once I reach like the outer corner of my eye, I'm going to wing copper plate out.

  • More like copper the metal.

  • You copper.

  • You coppers, beat it.

  • The first viable photographic process, which was essentially a direct positive image on a silver-coppered plate, was announced by Louis Daguerre in 1839 in Paris.

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  • Now, this treaty will copper-fasten the hold of the powerful over the poor, because there will be a governor general who will have our puppet Parliament on a leash.

  • To enhance the conductivity of the wire, we need to copper it using electroplating methods.

  • The artist decided to copper the sculpture to give it a beautiful sheen.

  • You can copper the surface of your project for a more durable finish.

Antonyms

to strip
  • Specialized
15 6.3

Remove a substance or part from material like soil

Compounds

4 3.7

A place where people dig copper from the ground

1 3.4

A red-brown color like copper

1 2.3

A reddish-brown color like shiny metal used for coins and wires

copper sulfate
  • Specialized
1 4.6

A bright blue salt used to kill fungus on plants and for simple lab work

blister copper
  • Specialized
8.6

A form of impure copper with a black, bumpy surface caused by trapped gas when it is melted

A large tree with shiny purple or copper leaves often planted in gardens

copper glance
  • Specialized
9.9

A heavy grey mineral with a metallic shine that is mined for copper

A red, swollen nose with small broken veins, often from heavy drinking

copper oxide
  • Specialized
4.6

A substance made of copper and oxygen that forms black or red solids

copper pyrites
  • Specialized
8.6

A yellow shiny mineral that contains copper and iron and people mine it for copper

A sea fish with a copper-coloured body that lives near the Pacific coast of North America

copper-base alloy
  • Specialized
5.1

A metal made mostly of copper mixed with other metals like tin or zinc

An agreement that is sure not to fail

With a bottom made of copper often used for pans

copper-bottom
  • Specialized
8.5

A sheet of copper fixed to a ship's bottom to stop barnacles and sea life

A small copper-colored butterfly that visits wildflowers in fields and gardens

How Heat-Resistant

ceramic
34 3.7
tungsten
  • Specialized
11 7.2
nichrome
  • Specialized
9.9
steel
536 1.4
to copper
1 8.4
aluminum
  • US
143 2.6

Surface Forms

copper infinitive
coppered past
coppered past participle
coppering present participle
coppers third person singular

Etymology

The verb copper comes from the metal name copper and means 'to cover with copper', so to copper something is to give it a layer of that red-brown metal.