Copra

Word COPRA
Character 5
Hyphenation co pra
Pronunciations /ˈkɒ.pɹə/

Definitions and meanings of "Copra"

What do we mean by copra?

The dried white flesh of the coconut from which coconut oil is extracted. noun

The dried kernel of the cocoanut, one of the principal articles of export from the islands of the Pacific to Europe, where the oil is expressed. It is frequently used as an ingredient of curry. Also written cobra, coprah, and copperah. noun

The dried meat of the cocoanut, from which cocoanut oil is expressed. noun

The dried kernel of the coconut, from which coconut oil is extruded. noun

The dried meat of the coconut from which oil is extracted noun

The dried kernel of the coconut, from which coconut oil is extruded.

Sex involving poo. Usually in the SM-scene. Urban Dictionary

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The word "copra" in example sentences

At St Lambrecht the POWs performed road works, bridge work and repairs to rail lines (e.g. at Mariahoff Railway Station) etc. They also unloaded bags of copra from the rail trucks at Mariahoff and placed them in storage sheds for the nearby dynamite factory. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The principal industry is the preparation and exportation of copra, which is very plentiful, although there is some little traffic in shark fins. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

One of the chief exports of the island is copra, which is the meat of the cocoanut, picked and dried at a certain stage of its growth. ❋ Edgar Fawcett (1885)

The counts upon which whites have been deported are mainly four: cheating Tembinok ', meddling overmuch with copra, which is the source of his wealth, and one of the sinews of his power,' PEAKING, and political intrigue. ❋ Robert Louis Stevenson (1872)

Some oilseeds (such as copra) have a fibre content which provides the friction needed to heat the barrel. ❋ Unknown (1995)

Large sized material, such as copra or palmkernels, must to be crushed into pieces of about 5 mm diameter. ❋ Unknown (1989)

Leonetta did not know what "copra" was, but she thought it sounded sufficiently like a precious metal to suggest immense wealth. ❋ Unknown (1926)

The beautiful cocoa-nut palm was plentiful, so much so that I wondered why there were no settlers to collect "copra," or dried cocoa-nut, for oil. ❋ Frank T. Bullen (1886)

Santa Cruz groups and to the northwest among the several isolated atolls where his native traders collected copra, hawksbill turtle, and an occasional ton of pearl shell. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I wasn't hugely satisfied: I can think of other significant plants (the spices, coffee and cacao, flax and sisal, the coconut/copra) whose trade has affected and continues to affect the world economy. ❋ Nwhyte (2009)

Often, after his morning ride over the plantation, or coming in from the store or from inspection of the copra-drying, Sheldon found the pair of them together on the veranda, Joan listening, intent and excited, and Tudor deep in some recital of personal adventure at the ends of the earth. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And we traded and salved wherever a dollar promised in the way of pearl and pearl shell, copra, beche-de-mer, hawkbill turtle shell, and stranded wrecks. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Beneath her hatches she was crammed and jammed with pearl shell and copra. ❋ Unknown (2010)

We must fill the three schooners with copra and bêche-de-mer. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And for weeks we toiled at catching bêche-de-mer and curing it, in gathering the cocoanuts and turning them into copra. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Dad was cut up when he learned that the French charged an export duty on copra -- he called it medieval -- but he liked the land. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He spent his evenings poring over accounts, or making endless calculations based on cheaper freights for copra and on the possible maximum and minimum market prices for that staple of commerce. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Also, having made all our cocoanuts into copra, there was a famine. ❋ Unknown (2010)

By and by, the schooners full of copra and bêche-de-mer and our trees empty of cocoanuts, the three skippers and that mate called us all together for a big talk. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"[Jane] is really into copra." "[Wow], that's one [kinky] girl!" ❋ Hellwing (2006)

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