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copper-nickel

copper-nickel noun: cupronickel.

Noun

copper-nickel (countable and uncountable, plural copper-nickels)

  1. cupronickel

Forms of copper-nickel

pluralcopper-nickels

Origin of copper-nickel

Calque of German Kupfernickel. Piecewise doublet of cupronickel and kupfernickel.

Questions about copper-nickel

What does copper-nickel mean?
Copper-nickel means cupronickel.
What part of speech is copper-nickel?
Copper-nickel is a noun.
What is the plural of copper-nickel?
The plural of copper-nickel is copper-nickels.

Words near copper-nickel in the dictionary

  1. copper-bottomed
  2. copper-fasten
  3. copper-fastened
  4. copper-fastening
  5. copper-fastens
  6. copper-nickel
  7. copper-nickels
  8. copperah
  9. copperahs
  10. copperas
  11. Copperas Cove

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