noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
coal/gold/copper etc mine
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one of the largest coal mines in the country
copper beech
copper/steel wire
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Electrical impulses are sent down the copper wire.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
large
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It will be seen on the example artwork that there are several relatively large areas of copper .
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In front of the range stood the large copper tub.
small
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These small copper alloy balances had an inverted T-shaped beam supported from its centre by a suspension arm.
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Capshaw hurried into the hall and came back with a small copper urn.
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Therefore, the small amounts of copper were almost certainly added deliberately to harden the alloy without significantly debasing the silver.
■ NOUN
pipe
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Flexible copper pipes are supplied with plain ends, with solder ring fittings or with tap connectors.
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I know that, as a teenager, he was caught stealing copper pipe from a construction site and put in jail.
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If space is very tight, use flexible copper pipe or plastic pipe for some if not all of the final fittings.
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If you have a lot of copper pipe to bend, hire a bending machine.
wire
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They consist of a copper core, which carries the signal, surrounded by a braided mesh of fine copper wire .
■ VERB
produce
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The darker green hues found in this medieval pottery were produced by using copper and brass filings.
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The Bisbee mines successfully produced copper and its related metals for 90 years.
use
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The darker green hues found in this medieval pottery were produced by using copper and brass filings.
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This technique has been used for uranium, copper , fluorine and other relatively soluble elements.
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Authors were generally allowed to use the coppers if they later published their work in a book.
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If space is very tight, use flexible copper pipe or plastic pipe for some if not all of the final fittings.
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To keep them clean, simply wash them and use a good copper polish.
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If used on copper , they will chew it up.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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copper lipstick
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Adding the copper , which is another metal toxin, only hastened the death of the fish.
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Leak-Fix seals leaks in tanks made of steel, copper , lead, aluminium and glass fibre.
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Small quantities of copper are often fatal to invertebrates.
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Some countries are rich because they have oil or copper or iron.
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The devices wound with copper are usually replaced every two-to-five years, depending on which type you have.
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The first copper light of morning was creeping up Great Head bluff and spilling over the harbor.
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The nine-second fire was sparked by a breach of the synthetic insulation surrounding 10 hair-thin copper wires within the cord.
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These small copper alloy balances had an inverted T-shaped beam supported from its centre by a suspension arm.