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yellow copper

yellow copper noun: brass.

Noun

yellow copper (uncountable)

  1. (rare) brass
    • [One Iroquois guide] also pointed to a dagger handle made of yellow copper which looked like gold and made signs that gold, copper, and silver could be found in the country all around Mount Royal.1984, Doreen Bethune-Johnson, Native People and Explorers of Canada, Scarborough, Ont.: Prentice-Hall Canada
    • African peoples made a distinction between red copper, that is, copper in its pure form, bronze and yellow copper or brass.1981, Unesco. International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa, Ancient Civilizations of Africa, Univ of California Press, page 614
  2. chalcopyrite

Questions about yellow copper

What does yellow copper mean?
Yellow copper means brass.
What part of speech is yellow copper?
Yellow copper is a noun.

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