Copper
['kɒpə] or ['kɑpɚ]
Definition
(noun.) any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings.
(noun.) a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper.
(noun.) a copper penny.
(noun.) 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.) coat with a layer of copper.
Typed by Cyril--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A common metal of a reddish color, both ductile and malleable, and very tenacious. It is one of the best conductors of heat and electricity. Symbol Cu. Atomic weight 63.3. It is one of the most useful metals in itself, and also in its alloys, brass and bronze.
(n.) A coin made of copper; a penny, cent, or other minor coin of copper.
(n.) A vessel, especially a large boiler, made of copper.
(n.) the boilers in the galley for cooking; as, a ship's coppers.
(v. t.) To cover or coat with copper; to sheathe with sheets of copper; as, to copper a ship.
Typed by Carlyle
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Cent, ten mills, the 100th part of a dollar.
Checked by Blanchard
Definition
n. a moderately hard metal of a fine red colour perhaps the first metal employed by man: money made of copper—e.g. 'a copper' = a penny or halfpenny: a vessel made of copper.—adj. made of copper: copper-coloured.—v.t. to cover with copper.—adj. Copp′er-bott′omed having the bottom covered with copper as a ship—n. Copp′er-cap′tain one who styles himself captain without grounds.—adjs. Copp′er-faced faced with copper as type; Copp′er-fas′tened fastened with copper bolts.—ns. Copp′er-head a United States snake: (U.S.) a northern sympathiser with the South in the Civil War; Copp′ering the act of sheathing with copper: a covering of copper.—adjs. Copp′erish Copp′ery Cū′preous containing or like copper.—ns. Copp′er-nick′el arsenical nickel niccolite; Copp′er-nose a red nose caused by intemperance; Copp′erplate a plate of polished copper on which something has been engraved: an impression taken from the plate; Copp′er-pyrī′tes a double sulphide of copper and iron of yellow hue; Copp′er-smith a smith who works in copper; Copp′er-work a place where copper is wrought or manufactured; Copp′erworm the ship-worm.—Hot coppers parched tongue and throat after a bout of drinking.
Typed by Anatole
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of copper, denotes oppression from those above you in station.
Typed by Adele
Examples
- The daguerreotype was made on a thin sheet of copper, silver plated on one side, polished to a high degree of brilliancy, and made sensitive by exposing it to the fumes of iodine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The slim, bare, copper wire snapped on the least provocation, and the circuit was down for thirty-six days in the first six months. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He made experiments, and at last succeeded in rendering the copper negatively electrical by the use of small pieces of tin, zinc, or iron nails. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Metallurgy is an ancient art, and the working of gold, silver and copper dates back to the beginning of history. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The embodiment of such compounds in the little copper caps was made about 1818, and has been claimed by various parties. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The Bessemer process is now largely used in treating copper. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Valuable metallic ores, such as those of gold, platinum, tin, copper and iron, often occur in the form of sand or mixed with that substance. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A copper anklet also took his fancy, and this he transferred to his own leg. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- In the time of Servius Tullius, who first coined money at Rome, the Roman as or pondo contained a Roman pound of good copper. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- A ring or watch case marked 14K or 18K means that fourteen or eighteen parts of it are pure gold, the balance of the twenty-four carats being some sort of alloy, copper being generally used. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- And thus was solved the mystery of the sinister house with the copper beeches in front of the door. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- It is composed of pure copper, 100 parts; pure tin, 17 parts; magnesia, 6 parts; tartar of commerce, 9 parts; sal-ammoniac, 3. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The metal underlying the silver plate of the best plated teaspoons is of nickel silver, a trade name for a metal composed of nickel, copper and zinc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The whitening is done by boiling the pins in a large copper kettle, which also contains layers of grained tin and a solution of argol or bitartrate of potash. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The total weight of copper for the four quarter districts by the tree system was 803,250 pounds, but when the feeder system was used it was only 128,739 pounds! Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He led them into a stone kitchen, fitted with coppers for dressing the prison food, and pointed to a door. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Without these there might never have been the romance of Coppers and the rise and fall of countless fortunes. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I brought out some coppers. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- When I was a child of seven years old, my friends, on a holyday, filled my pocket with coppers. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- About half a score were cutting bread and butter, another half-score supplying hot water, brought from the coppers of the rector's kitchen. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Then I seized my coat, which was weighted by the coppers which I had just transferred to it from the leather bag in which I carried my takings. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Inputed by Boris