Plural of copper

Forms of copper

Coppers in a sentence

• 'Vot game now she play?' he asked himself, as he distinguished his wife near one of the pig-scalding coppers.1907, Barbara Baynton, “Human Toll. Chapter 13.”, in Sally Krimmer, Alan Lawson, editors, Barbara Baynton: Bush Studies, Other Stories...
• The wet laundry's stove had a long vent in the ceiling which helped to release the steam from the coppers in which the clothes and bed linen were boiled.2000, Christopher Christie, “Furnishing the Country House”, in The British Country House in the Eighteenth Century, Manchester; New York...
• I'm walking down the street, past the coppers on the beat.2006 June 26, “Where Ya From?” (track 10), in Who Needs Actions When You Got Words, performed by Plan B (musician). From the entry blot
• “But I'll give you two coppers for the dog.2002, J[ulie] V[ictoria] Jones, “At the Sign of the Blind Crow”, in A Fortress of Grey Ice (Sword of Shadows; 2), London: Orbit, →ISBN…. From the entry pie house
• Well, that's the state of the exchequer." Two sixpences and a few coppers were the result of his investigation.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London. From the entry exchequer

Meaning of copper

1. noun A reddish-brown metallic chemical element (symbol Cu) with the atomic number 29; also, the metal made up of this element.
2. noun The reddish-brown colour of copper (etymology 1, noun sense 1).
3. noun In full copper butterfly: any of various lycaenid butterflies with copper-coloured upperwings, especially those of the genera Lycaena and Paralucia.

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Questions about the plural of copper

What is the plural of copper?

The plural of copper is coppers.

Is copper countable?

Copper is a countable and uncountable noun.