copperplate

Speech parts

1. copperplate - Noun

2. copperplate - Verb

Meaning

A plate of polished copper on which a design or writing is engraved.

An impression on paper taken from such a plate.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

copperplate engraving copper plate hand stone matrix negative block print plate copper impression mold engraving etching handwriting
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Antonyms

damage maintain block destroy trouble distress
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Hypernyms

print engraving cursive longhand running hand cursive script

Phrases with the word

copperplate printing copperplate artist copperplate print

Examples

Copperplate by Frans Hogenberg seeAlso After Gustav Vasa's siege of Stockholm, he restored the privileges of the city which was beneficiary to the burghers of the city. Source: Internet

Copperplate by Frans Hogenberg around 1570–80. Source: Internet

Fountain pens dating from the first half of the 20th century are more likely to have flexible nibs, suited to the favored handwriting styles of the period (e.g. Copperplate script and Spencerian script ). Source: Internet

To-die-for beautiful Copperplate calligraphy in Amsterdam's shop windows. Source: Internet

It was much later, in the 1600s, with the increased popularity of writing, especially in the copperplate script promoted by the many printed manuals available from the 'Writing Masters,' that quills became more pointed and flexible. Source: Internet

The teaching was erratic, the curriculum mostly focused, Wells later said, on producing copperplate handwriting and doing the sort of sums useful to tradesmen. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Copperopolis copperose copperous copperplate artist copperplate engraving copperplate print