English words for 'plural of copperplate'
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- (in the plural) A set of joined overlapping metal plates.
- (prison slang) A stupid or undesirable person.
- A thin layer or plate of material, as in certain kinds of armor.
- A kitchen tool for scoring bread dough before baking.
- a fabric interwoven with threads of metal
- someone who doesn't understand what is going on
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- (colloquial) Uncool, uninteresting, or unfunny.
- (colloquial) Unconvincing or unbelievable.
- (especially of an animal) Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.
- (of a limb, especially a foot or leg) That cannot be moved properly.
- pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
- disabled in the feet or legs
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- (uncountable) The reddish-brown colour of copper (etymology 1 sense 1).
- (uncountable, chemistry) A reddish-brown metallic chemical element (symbol Cu) with the atomic number 29; also, the metal made up of this element.
- A person working as an informer for the police; a nark
- (spinning) A component of the cop (“conical ball of thread wound on to the spindle”) in a spinning machine.
- (countable, entomology) In full copper butterfly: any of various lycaenid butterflies with copper-coloured upperwings, especially those of the genera Lycaena and Paralucia.
- A prisoner who informs on fellow prisoners.
- (chiefly Australia, UK) A police officer, especially one in uniform.
- a copper penny
- a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings
- 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
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- (US, card games) 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.
- (figurative) To bet against (something).
- To coat or sheathe (something) with copper (etymology 1 sense 1).
- To give (something) a colour by applying a copper salt.
- (chiefly UK) To inform on (someone) to the police; to nark.
- (intransitive, chiefly UK) To inform on someone to the police.
- coat with a layer of copper
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- (in the plural) A set of joined overlapping metal plates.
- (prison slang) A stupid or undesirable person.
- A thin layer or plate of material, as in certain kinds of armor.
- A kitchen tool for scoring bread dough before baking.
- a fabric interwoven with threads of metal
- someone who doesn't understand what is going on
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- (colloquial) Uncool, uninteresting, or unfunny.
- (colloquial) Unconvincing or unbelievable.
- (especially of an animal) Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.
- (of a limb, especially a foot or leg) That cannot be moved properly.
- pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
- disabled in the feet or legs
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- (uncountable) The reddish-brown colour of copper (etymology 1 sense 1).
- (uncountable, chemistry) A reddish-brown metallic chemical element (symbol Cu) with the atomic number 29; also, the metal made up of this element.
- A person working as an informer for the police; a nark
- (spinning) A component of the cop (“conical ball of thread wound on to the spindle”) in a spinning machine.
- (countable, entomology) In full copper butterfly: any of various lycaenid butterflies with copper-coloured upperwings, especially those of the genera Lycaena and Paralucia.
- A prisoner who informs on fellow prisoners.
- (chiefly Australia, UK) A police officer, especially one in uniform.
- a copper penny
- a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings
- 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
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- (US, card games) 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.
- (figurative) To bet against (something).
- To coat or sheathe (something) with copper (etymology 1 sense 1).
- To give (something) a colour by applying a copper salt.
- (chiefly UK) To inform on (someone) to the police; to nark.
- (intransitive, chiefly UK) To inform on someone to the police.
- coat with a layer of copper