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cop⋅per

1  [kop-er]
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1. a malleable, ductile, metallic element having a characteristic reddish-brown color: used in large quantities as an electrical conductor and in the manufacture of alloys, as brass and bronze. Symbol: Cu; atomic weight: 63.54; atomic number: 29; specific gravity: 8.92 at 20°C.
2. a metallic reddish brown.
3. a coin composed of copper, bronze, or the like, as the U.S. cent or the British penny.
4. any of several butterflies of the family Lycaenidae, as Lycaena hypophleas (American copper), having copper-colored wings spotted and edged with black.
5. a container made of copper.
6. a tool partly or wholly made of copper: a soldering copper.
7. British. a large kettle, now usually made of iron, used for cooking or to boil laundry.
–adjective
8. made of copper: copper kettles.
9. reddish-brown; coppery: The copper sun sank into the sea.
–verb (used with object)
10. to cover, coat, or sheathe with copper.
11. Informal. hedge (def. 6).
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME coper, OE coper, copor (c. ON koparr, G Kupfer) < LL cuprum, for L (aes) Cyprium Cyprian (metal)
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cop·per 1   (kŏp'ər)   
n.  

  1. Symbol Cu A ductile, malleable, reddish-brown metallic element that is an excellent conductor of heat and electricity and is widely used for electrical wiring, water piping, and corrosion-resistant parts, either pure or in alloys such as brass and bronze. Atomic number 29; atomic weight 63.54; melting point 1,083°C; boiling point 2,595°C; specific gravity 8.96; valence 1, 2. See Table at element.

  2. A coin, usually of small denomination, made of copper or a copper alloy.

  3. Chiefly British A large cooking pot made of copper or often of iron.

  4. Any of various small butterflies of the subfamily Lycaeninae, having predominantly copper-colored wings.

  5. A reddish brown.

tr.v.   cop·pered, cop·per·ing, cop·pers

  1. To coat or finish with a layer of copper.

  2. Slang To bet against, as in faro.


[Middle English coper, from Old English, from Late Latin cuprum, from Latin Cyprium (aes), Cyprian (metal), from Cyprius, of Cyprus, from Greek Kuprios, from Kupros, Cyprus.]
cop'per·y adj.
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Slang Dictionary
copper

  1. n.
    a police officer. (Originally underworld. Because the coppercops, pinches, nabs or takes = arrests. See also cop.) : See that copper over there? He busted me once.
  2. n.
    money. (From copper penny. See also rivets.) : How much copper you got on you?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Word Origin & History

copper 
O.E. coper, from W.Gmc. *kupar, from L.L. cuprum, contraction of L. Cyprium (æs) "Cyprian (metal)," after Gk. Kyprios "Cyprus." L. æs was originally "copper," but this was extended to its alloy with tin, bronze, and as this was far more extensively used than pure copper, the word's primary sense shifted to the alloy and a new word evolved for "copper," from the Latin form of the name of the island of Cyprus, where copper was mined. Aes passed into Gmc. (which originally did not distinguish copper from its alloys) and became Eng. ore (q.v.). Copperhead (Trigonocephalus contortrix) is 1775, Amer.Eng., poisonous "sneak snakes" (because they bite without warning); said to have been first used in reference to Northerners with Southern sympathies in the New York "Tribune," July 20, 1861, but O.E.D. says it originated in autumn 1862.
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Main Entry: cop·per
Pronunciation: 'käp-&r
Function: noun
often attributive : a common reddish metallic element that is ductile andmalleable and one of the best conductors of heat and electricity —symbol Cu; —see ELEMENT table —cop·pery /'käp-(&-)rE/ adjective
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copper cop·per (kŏp'ər)
n.
Symbol Cu
A ductile malleable metallic element that is an excellent conductor of heat and electricity and is used for electrical wiring, water piping, and corrosion-resistant parts, either pure or in alloys such as brass and bronze. Atomic number 29; atomic weight 63.546; melting point 1,085°C; boiling point 2,562°C; specific gravity 8.96; valence 1, 2.

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