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{
"term": "copper",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a chemical element. Copper is a soft red-brown metal used for making electric wires, pipes and coins.",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a copper mine"
},
{
"text": "copper pipes"
},
{
"text": "copper-coloured hair"
},
{
"text": "Her hair shone like burnished copper."
},
{
"text": "She works mainly in copper."
},
{
"text": "copper alloyed with arsenic"
}
],
"topics": ["Physics and chemistry"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["pure", "molten", "beaten"],
"verb + copper": ["mine", "produce", "contain"],
"copper + noun": ["mine", "miner", "mining"],
"preposition": ["in copper"],
"phrases": [
"an alloy of copper and something",
"an alloy of copper with something"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "brown coins that do not have much value",
"labels": "(British English)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I only paid a few coppers for it."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a police officer",
"labels": "(British English, informal)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Apparently, her dad's a copper."
},
{
"text": "There are a couple of coppers waiting outside."
}
],
"topics": ["Law and justice"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkɒpə(r)/",
"audio": "co/copper/copper__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkɑːpər/",
"audio": "co/copper/copper__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "senses 1 to 2 Old English copor, coper (related to Dutch koper and German Kupfer), based on late Latin cuprum, from Latin cyprium aes ‘Cyprus metal’ (so named because Cyprus was the chief source).sense 3 mid 19th cent.: from cop + -er."
}