copperfasten
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To protect the timbers of (a ship) with plates of copper secured with copper nails or bolts.
- (transitive) To reinforce, strengthen; to make permanent, embed.
Etymology
Compound from English copper + English fasten.
Origin
English
fasten
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Copperfield English
- Copperopolis English
- copper English
- copperbar English
- copperhead English
- copperish English
- copperize English
- copperleaf English
- copperless English
- coppern English
- copperplate English
- coppersmith English
- coppersmithing English
- coppersmithy English
- coppertop English
- copperware English
- copperwork English
- copperworker English
- copperworking English
- copperworks English
- copperworm English
- coppery English
- decacopper English
- dicopper English
- electrocopper English
- fast English
- fasten English
- fastenable English
- fastener English
- fastenest English
- fasteneth English
- fastening English
- heptacopper English
- multicopper English
- noncopper English
- octacopper English
- octadecacopper English
- organocopper English
- pentacopper English
- pentadecacopper English
- radiocopper English
- refasten English
- tetracopper English
- tetradecacopper English
- tricopper English
- tridecacopper English
- unfasten English
- coper Middle English
- fastenen Middle English
- copar Irish
- copar Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- kōba Marshallese
- kwabo Hausa
- kopa Shona
- fast
- fasten
- copper
- coppern
- coppery
- unfasten
- fastener
- refasten
- dicopper
- copperish
- fastening
- coppertop
- tricopper
- noncopper
- copperbar
- fasteneth
- copperize
- fastenest
- copperleaf
- fastenable
- copperhead
- decacopper
- copperwork
- copperworm
- copperware
- octacopper
- copperless
- radiocopper
- pentacopper
- multicopper
- copperworks
- coppersmith
- copperplate
- heptacopper
- Copperfield
- tetracopper
- organocopper
- Copperopolis
- coppersmithy
- copperworker
- tridecacopper
- electrocopper
- copperworking
- coppersmithing
- octadecacopper
- tetradecacopper
- pentadecacopper