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copperplate

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Scrabble points
19
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24
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ˈkɑpərˌpleɪt/

Definition of copperplate

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A copper plate, either etched or engraved, to make a recessed pattern.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A copper plate, either etched or engraved, to make a recessed pattern.
  2. (countable, uncountable)A print made from such a plate.
  3. (countable, uncountable)A style of handwriting based on that used on such prints; English round hand.
    “1999. Stardust, Neil Gaiman, page 36 (2001 Perennial paperback edition). The village school was a fine school […] He learned his reading and had a fair copperplate hand.”

verb

  1. To engrave on and print from a copperplate.

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Etymology

From copper + plate. For the plate used for engraving: in the 1660s. As a term for the printed product: from 1817. Of the especially clear writing used in such prints: from the 1820s. Use as a verb (the past participle copperplated) is from 1822.

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