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COPPER-BOTTOMED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does copper-bottomed mean?
• COPPER-BOTTOMED (adjective)
The adjective COPPER-BOTTOMED has 1 sense:
1. having a bottom of copper or sheathed with copper
Familiarity information: COPPER-BOTTOMED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a bottom of copper or sheathed with copper
Context example:
a copper-bottomed ship
Similar:
bottomed (having a bottom of a specified character)
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