COPPERPLATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does copperplate mean? 

• COPPERPLATE (noun)
  The noun COPPERPLATE has 3 senses:

1. a graceful style of handwriting based on the writing used on copperplate engravings

2. a print made from an engraved copperplate

3. an engraving consisting of a smooth plate of copper that has been etched or engraved

  Familiarity information: COPPERPLATE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COPPERPLATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A graceful style of handwriting based on the writing used on copperplate engravings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("copperplate" is a kind of...):

cursive; cursive script; longhand; running hand (rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A print made from an engraved copperplate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("copperplate" is a kind of...):

print (a picture or design printed from an engraving)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An engraving consisting of a smooth plate of copper that has been etched or engraved

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

copperplate; copperplate engraving

Hypernyms ("copperplate" is a kind of...):

engraving (a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved)