copperplate

Other forms of copperplate

plural

copperplates·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about copperplate

What does copperplate mean?

copperplate means "a graceful style of handwriting based on the writing used on copperplate engravings". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in copperplate?

copperplate has 3 syllables: cop-per-plate. The stress falls on "cop".

What is another word for copperplate?

Close synonyms include copperplate engraving. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is copperplate a common word?

copperplate 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.