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noun
- (uncountable) a reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29.
- (countable) Something made of copper.
- The reddish-brown colour/color of copper.
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- (countable) A copper coin.
- (context, Australian English, UK) (archaic) 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.
Translations: - Dutch: koperkleur
- French: cuivre(fr)m
- German: Kupfer(de)n
- Italian: rame(it)m
- Spanish: cobre(es)m
adjective
- Made of copper.
- Having the reddish-brown colour/color of copper.
Translations: - Dutch: koperkleurig
- French: cuivré(fr)
- German: kupfern
- Spanish: cobrizo
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