| copper | |
| 1. n. A reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29. | |
| 2. n. Something made of copper. | |
| 3. n. The reddish-brown colour/color of copper. | |
| (color panel, BB5836) | |
| 4. n. A copper coin. | |
| 5. n. (AU) 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 | |
| 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. | |
| 6. adj. Made of copper. | |
| 7. adj. Having the reddish-brown colour/color of copper. | |
| 8. v. To sheathe or coat with copper. | |
| 9. n. (slang) A police officer. | |
