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copperbottomed

copperbottomed is the alternative form of copper-bottomed.

Meaning of copper-bottomed

Adjective

copper-bottomed (comparative more copper-bottomed, superlative most copper-bottomed)

  1. (especially, literal) Having lower parts made of or covered by copper.
    • According to Robert Hulse, 'It's half worm, half mollusc, and there are more dead men at the bottom of the sea as a result of those things [shipworms] than all the naval battles put together. They're the reason you had copper-bottomed ships'.2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 88
  2. (UK, idiomatic) Thoroughly reliable; secure.
    • The copper-bottomed angel at Messrs. Paff’s in Broadway.1807, Washington Irving, Salmagundi

Forms of copperbottomed

comparativemore copperbottomed
superlativemost copperbottomed

Questions about copperbottomed

What is copperbottomed the alternative form of?
Copperbottomed is the alternative form of copper-bottomed.

Words near copperbottomed in the dictionary

  1. copperbars
  2. copperbellies
  3. copperbelly
  4. Copperbelt
  5. Copperbelt Province
  6. copperbottomed
  7. coppered
  8. copperer
  9. copperers
  10. copperfasten
  11. copperfastened

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