copra

[ kop-ruh, koh-pruh ]

/ ˈkɒp rə, ˈkoʊ prə /

noun

the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.

Also copperah.

Origin of copra

1575–85; <Portuguese <Malayalam koppara<Hindi khoprā coconut

Words nearby copra

coppery, coppice, copping, Coppola, copr-, copra, coprecipitate, copremesis, copremia, copro-, coproantibody

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Example sentences from the Web for copra

Sellin' the Kanakas glass beads and calico for pearls and copra—two cupfuls of pearls for every bead.
Cy Whittaker's Place|Joseph C. Lincoln
Now and then a trading vessel comes here, and once a year a steamer collects the annual output of copra.
Through the South Seas with Jack London|Martin Johnson
When they found him, the next day, he was clean crazy—carried on all the time about somebody watering his copra.
Island Nights' Entertainments|Robert Louis Stevenson
Jack made his way across the street to the store where he usually sold his copra.
Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas|Lloyd Osbourne

He calculated the number of bags of copra that would be ready for his next schooner.
The Exiles of Faloo|Barry Pain

British Dictionary definitions for copra

copra

/ (ˈkɒprə) /

noun

the dried, oil-yielding kernel of the coconut

Word Origin for copra

C16: from Portuguese, from Malayalam koppara, probably from Hindi khoprā coconut

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	copra
释义	copra [ kop-ruh, koh-pruh ] / ˈkɒp rə, ˈkoʊ prə / noun the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed. Also copperah. Origin of copra 1575–85; <Portuguese <Malayalam koppara<Hindi khoprā coconut Words nearby copra coppery, coppice, copping, Coppola, copr-, copra, coprecipitate, copremesis, copremia, copro-, coproantibody Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for copra Sellin' the Kanakas glass beads and calico for pearls and copra—two cupfuls of pearls for every bead. Cy Whittaker's Place\|Joseph C. Lincoln Now and then a trading vessel comes here, and once a year a steamer collects the annual output of copra. Through the South Seas with Jack London\|Martin Johnson When they found him, the next day, he was clean crazy—carried on all the time about somebody watering his copra. Island Nights' Entertainments\|Robert Louis Stevenson Jack made his way across the street to the store where he usually sold his copra. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas\|Lloyd Osbourne He calculated the number of bags of copra that would be ready for his next schooner. The Exiles of Faloo\|Barry Pain British Dictionary definitions for copra copra / (ˈkɒprə) / noun the dried, oil-yielding kernel of the coconut Word Origin for copra C16: from Portuguese, from Malayalam koppara, probably from Hindi khoprā coconut Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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