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cupro

Pronunciation: /ˈk(j)uːprəʊ/

Definition of cupro

noun

[mass noun]
  • a type of rayon made by dissolving cotton cellulose with cuprammonium salts and spinning the resulting solution into filaments.

Origin:

1980s: an invented word, probably from cuprammonium

cupro in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of cupro in the US English dictionary