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Meaning of "cocopan" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD COCOPAN

From Zulu 'ngkumbana short truck.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF COCOPAN

ˈkəʊkəʊˌpæn


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COCOPAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cocopan is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COCOPAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Minecart

The minecart or mine cart is a type of rolling stock found on a mine railway, used for moving ore and materials procured in the process of traditional mining. Minecarts are seldom used in modern operations, having largely been superseded in underground operations by more efficient belt conveyor systems that allow machines such as longwall shearers and continuous miners to operate at their full capacity, and above ground by large dumpers.

Definition of cocopan in the English dictionary

The definition of cocopan in the dictionary is a small wagon running on narrow-gauge railway lines used in mines Also called: hopper.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COCOPAN

bedpan · brainpan · Brakpan · catapan · claypan · deadpan · dishpan · dustpan · firepan · fry-pan · hardpan · jampan · marzipan · Matapan · pattypan · saltpan · skidpan · swanpan · taipan · tragopan

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COCOPAN

coconsciousness · coconspirator · coconut · coconut butter · coconut ice · coconut matting · coconut milk · coconut oil · coconut palm · coconut shy · coconut tree · cocoon · cocooned · cocoonery · cocoplum · Cocos Islands · cocotte · cocounsel · cocoyam · cocozelle

WORDS THAT END LIKE COCOPAN

Balikpapan · Belmopan · cake pan · flash in the pan · frying pan · iron pan · japan · life span · lifespan · Montespan · pan · Saipan · sapan · saucepan · span · spic-and-span · tampan · teopan · time span · wingspan

Synonyms and antonyms of cocopan in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cocopan» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF COCOPAN

Find out the translation of cocopan to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of cocopan from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cocopan» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

cocopan
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

cocopan
570 millions of speakers
en

English

cocopan
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

cocopan
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

cocopan
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

cocopan
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

cocopan
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

cocopan
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

cocopan
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Cocopan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

cocopan
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

cocopan
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

cocopan
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Cocopan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cocopan
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

cocopan
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

कोकोपन
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

cocopan
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

cocopan
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

cocopan
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

cocopan
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

cocopan
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

COCOPAN
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

cocopan
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cocopan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cocopan
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cocopan

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COCOPAN»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of cocopan
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cocopan

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COCOPAN»

Discover the use of cocopan in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cocopan and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
No Official Umbrella
We clambered aboard, the brake was released and the cocopan started its merry journey down the hill, which flattened out at the bottom before the cocopan hit some buffers. Ceri was with us and, as the wagon gathered speed, she fell off, ...
Glyn Idris Jones, 2008
2
At the Junction: Four Plays by the Junction Avenue Theatre ...
What's going on here? first worker: It's the cocopan, Baas. harrison [shouting]: I can see it's the cocopan, do you think I'm blind? And the picks and shovels. How do you get a cocopan like that? You're fired! [The workers make immediately as if  ...
Martin Orkin, Junction Avenue Theatre Company, 1995
3
Wild West Adventures In The Great African Bush
took the gang four Saturdays to collect all the railway tracks. Over the following few weeks, with the help of Trigve and Earling's dad, we laid the sleepers and tracks out in the yard. Finally, their dad brought home a small cocopan in the boot of ...
David Robert Dalton, 2012
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1980 Census of Population: Subject reports. Volume 2
ALL OTHER AIERICAN INDIANS TRIBE NOT REPORTED . . . COCHITI PUEBLO, N. lEN.. . . I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I ALL OTHER ANERICAN INDIANS TRIBE NOT REPORTED . . . COCOPAN RESERVATION, ARIl. . I I I I I I I I I I I COCOPAN.
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Electricity, Industry and Class in South Africa
Every time a cocopan passed over it, it automatically greased the axle of the cocopan. This gadget was pointed out to the Bantu staff as an example of how a good boy does his work, and it has come to be known by that name.80 Yet the major ...
Renfrew Christie, 1984
6
Bulletin
Most smallworkers are familiar with the direct hoisting of ore in a cocopan body which is a cheap and effective means of transport in the same receptacle from the loading point in the workings to the mill. The cocopan is run on to the station ...
Southern Rhodesia. Dept. of Mines, 1950
7
The Blockhouse: A Novel of the Anglo-Boer War
Pushl" We heaved at the cocopan. For a moment nothing happened. "It won't go!" Frik cried. "The sandbags are making her heavy, you fool," Schietekat said. "Push harder!" We heaved again, and the cocopan lurched forward. "Give the signal ...
Willem Steenkamp, 1987
8
When the Lion Feeds
the corner of the cocopan. Everyone stared at it, then Duff shouted. 'Sean, Sean, can you hear me?' 'Stop talking and get me out of here.' Sean's voice was hoarse with thirst and dust, and muffled by the rock. 'He's under the cocopan.' 'It's him.
Wilbur Smith, 2008
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Report: 1918
A light trommel either circular or hexagonal in section about eighteen inches diameter by three feet to three feet six inches long is constructed and covered with battery screening 600 mesh per square inch. This is mounted on a cocopan, tank, ...
Rhodesia. Munitions and Resources Committee, 1918
10
The West Rand Jive Cats Boxing Club
Desperate. 'It's best not to think about it,' Rod advised. Mitch nodded fiercely and ran. I watched as he sprinted, stooping, towards the cocopan. He reached it, looked back once in our direction, and vanished into the darkness. 'Poor bastard.
Lauren Liebenberg, 2011

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COCOPAN»

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1
Reclaiming the City of Gold
You can see the pick marks on the tunnel walls, and a cocopan waits to be filled. The old mine workings reached a depth of 1 000m under the ... «Independent Online, Aug 12»
2
Wits Art Museum almost ready
Ideas that she and the special projects curator, Fiona Rankin-Smith, are playing with for this exhibition are Durant Sihlali's 1975 “Cocopan ... «Joburg, Mar 12»
REFERENCE
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