Dictionary definitions for Copper

A surname.

To protect the timbers of (a ship) with plates of copper secured with copper nails or bolts.

To reinforce, strengthen; to make permanent, embed.

A person who forges things out of copper.

A South Asian barbet, Psilopogon haemacephala, with crimson forehead and throat, best known for its metronomic call that has been likened to a coppersmith striking metal with a hammer.

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

The reddish-brown colour / color of copper.

Any of various specialized items that are made of copper, where the use of copper is either traditional or vital to the function of the item.

1. A copper coin, typically of a small denomination, such as a penny.
2. A large pot, often used for heating water or washing clothes over a fire. In Australasia at least, it could also be a fixed installation made of copper, with a fire underneath and its own chimney. Generally made redundant by the advent of the washing machine.

A copper coin, typically of a small denomination, such as a penny.

A large pot, often used for heating water or washing clothes over a fire. In Australasia at least, it could also be a fixed installation made of copper, with a fire underneath and its own chimney. Generally made redundant by the advent of the washing machine.

Any of various lycaenid butterflies with copper-coloured upperwings, especially those of the genera Lycaena and Paralucia.

Made of copper.

Having the reddish-brown colour/color of copper.

To sheathe or coat with copper.

A police officer.