cooper

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noun

coo·per ˈkü-pər

ˈku̇-

: one that makes or repairs wooden casks or tubs

cooper

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verb

coopered; coopering ˈkü-p(ə-)riŋ

ˈku̇-

transitive verb

: to work as a cooper on

intransitive verb

: to work at or do coopering

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Copper Highlights Warm chocolatey brown tresses paired with subtle cooper red accents are the ultimate sign of fall. —

Lillian Chen, Seventeen, 21 June 2023 Whiskey is next with barrels from a local cooper. —

Marc Bona, cleveland, 7 Mar. 2022 In 2016, Julien asked the local cooper, Tonnellerie Artisanale de Champagne, to make some oak barrels from staves that had been left to dry for four years, which is a year longer than for typical high-quality oak barrels (the longer the better some think). —

Per and Britt Karlsson, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021 The company auctioned off many of items used at the office and event space, including a collection of cooper pots and Le Creuset cookware. —

Tim Carman, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2022 Blacksmith, bakery, cooper, print and other shops will add to the project’s colonial ambiance. —

Mark Eddington, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 July 2022 But this humble shop functions as a small cooperage, the place where master cooper Ramiro Herrera painstakingly builds, toasts and repairs fine oak wine barrels. —

Jess Lander, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 June 2022 Pinkerton, who’d immigrated to America from Scotland in 1842, was a cooper (maker of wooden casks and barrels) and abolitionist known for his populist views. —

Kellie B. Gormly, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Mar. 2022 The highlight for the group was a cooper's hawk perched on a branch and superbly camouflaged in the browns and tans of the marsh. —

Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic, 11 Feb. 2022 See More

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Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English couper, cowper, from Middle Dutch cūper (from cūpe cask) or Middle Low German kūper, from kūpe cask; Middle Dutch cūpe & Middle Low German kūpe, from Latin cupa; akin to Greek kypellon cup — more at hive