copper-base alloy

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   any alloy whose principal component is copper

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Questions about copper-base alloy

What does copper-base alloy mean?

copper-base alloy means "any alloy whose principal component is copper".

Is copper-base alloy a common word?

copper-base alloy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.