to copper

Examples

• All

• 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.

  Inherent Vice (2014)

• You copper.

  Notorious (1946)

• You coppers, beat it.

  Far and Away (1992)

• 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.

  Blog text (10)

• 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.

  The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)

• 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

S

to strip

• Specialized

15 6.3

Remove a substance or part from material like soil

Compounds

C

copper mine

4 3.7

A place where people dig copper from the ground

C

copper-colored

• US

1 3.4

A red-brown color like copper

C

copper color

1 2.3

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

C

copper sulfate

• Specialized

1 4.6

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

B

blister copper

• Specialized

8.6

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

C

copper beech

6.0

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

C

copper glance

• Specialized

9.9

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

C

copper nose

9.9

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

C

copper oxide

• Specialized

4.6

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

C

copper pyrites

• Specialized

8.6

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

C

copper rockfish

• US

7.7

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

C

copper-base alloy

• Specialized

5.1

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

C

copper-bottomed deal

• UK

7.2

An agreement that is sure not to fail

C

copper-bottom

4.4

With a bottom made of copper often used for pans

C

copper-bottom

• Specialized

8.5

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

A

American copper

• US

7.3

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

Etymology