copper
A reddish-brown metallic chemical element (symbol Cu) with the atomic number 29; also, the metal made up of this element.
Noun 3 meanings
A reddish-brown metallic chemical element (symbol Cu) with the atomic number 29; also, the metal made up of this element.
The reddish-brown colour of copper (etymology 1, noun sense 1).
“Near-synonyms: chestnut, russet”
Any of various specialized items made of copper (etymology 1, noun sense 1), where the use of the metal is either necessary or traditional to the function of the item.
Adjective 2 meanings
Made of copper (etymology 1, noun sense 1).
Having the reddish-brown colour of copper.
Verb 4 meanings
To coat or sheathe (something) with copper (etymology 1, noun sense 1).
To give (something) a colour by applying a copper salt.
To give copper coins to (someone); to pay.
In the game of faro: to place a copper coin, or now usually a small disc or token, on (a playing card) to indicate that a player bets against that card.
Etymology
The noun is inherited from Middle English coper, copper (“copper ore; copper metal; bronze”), from Old English coper, copor (“copper”), from Late Latin cuprum (“copper”), a contraction of Latin aes Cyprium (literally “Cyprian brass or copper”), ultimately from Ancient Greek Κῠ́προς (Kŭ́pros, “Cyprus”) (a major source of copper during the Near East’s Bronze Age), from the name of a Northwest Semitic goddess from the root כ־ב־ר/ك ب ر (k b r) (“related to being big, large; great; or old”).
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COPPER at a glance
COPPER has 6 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (C 3 + O 1 + P 3 + P 3 + E 1 + R 1) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,432 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with copper
All rhymesOne letter away
- COOPER10
- HOPPER13
- TOPPER10
- POPPER12
- COPPED13
- COPIER10
- CAPPER12
- COPTER10
- BOPPER12
- COUPER10
- CUPPER12
- COMPER12
- LOPPER10
- MOPPER12
- DOPPER11
- YOPPER13
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