Dictionary entry

Copper

Pronunciation: /ˈkɒpə/

Pronunciation

/ˈkɒpə/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) ကြေးနီ

Definition

copper 1 /'kɒpǝ(r)/ n ၁။ [U] ( symb Cu ) ေၾကးနီ။ the mining of copper in central Africa ❍ Is the pipe copper or lead? ❍ a copper pipe/ wire/ alloy ❍ her copper-coloured hair. ၂။ [C] ( esp Brit ) ေၾကးျပားပိုက္ဆံေစ့။ It only costs a few coppers (ie is cheap). ❏ copper-bottomed adj လံုးဝစိတ္ခ်ရေသာ။ a copper- bottomed guarantee/ assurance/ deal. ❏ coppery /'kɒpǝri/ adj ေၾကးနီေရာင္ထေနေသာ၊ နီညိဳညိဳ။ coppery leaves. copper 2 /'kɒpǝ(r)/ n ( infml ) ရဲ။ ရဲအရာရိွ။

Examples

  1. A copper pipe/pan/kettle
  2. Her hair was the colour of copper.