Definizione monolingua

copper

copper (third-person singular simple present coppers, present participle coppering, simple past and past participle coppered)

1. To sheathe or coat with copper.

copper (countable and uncountable; plural coppers)

1. (uncountable) a reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29.
2. (countable) Something made of copper.
3. The reddish-brown colour/color of copper.

   copper colour:

4. (countable) A copper coin.
5. (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.

   • 1797, Dyeing, article in Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig (editors), Encyclopædia Britannica: or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volume 6, Part 1 page 207,

     When the water in the copper boils, the arsenic and tartar, well pounded, is put into it, and kept boiling till the liquor is reduced to about half.

copper (comparative more copper, superlative most copper)

1. Made of copper.
2. Having the reddish-brown colour/color of copper.

Definizione dizionario copper

	rame
	chemical element
	Un elemento chimico; uno dei più importanti metalli non ferrosi; un metallo duttile e malleabile presente in numerosi minerali e utilizzato nell'industria, nell'ingegneria e nell'arte sia puro che in lega.
	Chemical element with symbol Cu and atomic number 29; one of the most important nonferrous metals; a ductile and malleable metal found in various ores and used in industry, engineering, and the arts in both pure and alloyed form.

	poliziotto
	slang: a policeman

	agente di polizia
	slang: a policeman

agente

guardia

ramare

Altri significati:

having the colour/color of copper

colour/color of copper

made of copper

The reddish-brown colour/color of copper.

(countable) Something made of copper.

To sheathe or coat with copper.

something made of copper

large pot for hot water

(Australian, UK) (archaic) A large pot used for heating water or washing clothes over a fire.

(slang, law enforcement) A policeman.

(uncountable) a reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29.

Made of copper.

(countable) A copper coin.

Having the reddish-brown colour/color of copper.

copper colour:

copper coin