Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coppered

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English

Syllables
cop-pered
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

(of the hull of a wooden ship) sheathed below the waterline with thin sheets of copper to prevent the attack of teredo shipworms and limit the buildup of weed

Inflected Forms

more coppered (comparative) most coppered (superlative)

Synonyms

Questions

What does coppered mean?
simple past and past participle of copper

How to pronounce coppered

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