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# coppery

adjective (coppery)

«coppery» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Coppery means having the colour of copper: a shiny reddish-brown or orange-brown. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coppery/#m1)
2. Coppery can also mean tasting or smelling of copper, like metal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coppery/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories and art, coppery describes autumn leaves, hair, a sunset or a shiny coin. In science it reminds us of the metal copper, used in wires and coins. Phrases: coppery hair, coppery leaves, a coppery taste.

### Examples

- The beech leaves turned coppery in autumn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coppery/#x1)
- She has long coppery hair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coppery/#x2)
- The sky glowed coppery at sunset. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coppery/#x3)
- The old coin had a coppery shine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coppery/#x4)
- The water had a coppery taste from the old pipes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coppery/#x5)
- The fox's coppery fur shone in the sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coppery/#x6)

### Note

Adjective from «copper» + «-y». Pronounced KOP-er-ee. Similar: reddish-brown, auburn (of hair), bronze.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «coppery» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coppery/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«coppery» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/coppery.html) on Mova free.