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- English Word Platanus Definition A genus of trees; the plane tree.
- English Word Platband Definition A border of flowers in a garden, along a wall or a parterre; hence, a border.
- English Word Platband Definition A flat molding, or group of moldings, the width of which much exceeds its projection, as the face of an architrave.
- English Word Platband Definition A list or fillet between the flutings of a column.
- English Word Plate Definition A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in comparison with the other dimensions; a thick sheet of metal; as, a steel plate.
- English Word Plate Definition Metallic armor composed of broad pieces.
- English Word Plate Definition Domestic vessels and utensils, as flagons, dishes, cups, etc., wrought in gold or silver.
- English Word Plate Definition Metallic ware which is plated, in distinction from that which is genuine silver or gold.
- English Word Plate Definition A small, shallow, and usually circular, vessel of metal or wood, or of earth glazed and baked, from which food is eaten at table.
- English Word Plate Definition A piece of money, usually silver money.
- English Word Plate Definition A piece of metal on which anything is engraved for the purpose of being printed; hence, an impression from the engraved metal; as, a book illustrated with plates; a fashion plate.
- English Word Plate Definition A page of stereotype, electrotype, or the like, for printing from; as, publisher's plates.
- English Word Plate Definition That part of an artificial set of teeth which fits to the mouth, and holds the teeth in place. It may be of gold, platinum, silver, rubber, celluloid, etc.
- English Word Plate Definition A horizontal timber laid upon a wall, or upon corbels projecting from a wall, and supporting the ends of other timbers; also used specifically of the roof plate which supports the ends of the roof trusses or, in simple work, the feet of the rafters.
- English Word Plate Definition A roundel of silver or tinctured argent.
- English Word Plate Definition A sheet of glass, porcelain, metal, etc., with a coating that is sensitive to light.
- English Word Plate Definition A prize giving to the winner in a contest.
- English Word Plate Definition To cover or overlay with gold, silver, or other metals, either by a mechanical process, as hammering, or by a chemical process, as electrotyping.
- English Word Plate Definition To cover or overlay with plates of metal; to arm with metal for defense.
- English Word Plate Definition To adorn with plated metal; as, a plated harness.
- English Word Plate Definition To beat into thin, flat pieces, or laminae.
- English Word Plate Definition To calender; as, to plate paper.
- English Word Plate-gilled Definition Having flat, or leaflike, gills, as the bivalve mollusks.
- English Word Plateau Definition A flat surface; especially, a broad, level, elevated area of land; a table-land.
- English Word Plateau Definition An ornamental dish for the table; a tray or salver.
- English Word Plateaus Definition of Plateau
- English Word Plateaux Definition of Plateau
- English Word Plated Definition of Plate
- English Word Plateful Definition Enough to fill a plate; as much as a plate will hold.
- English Word Platefuls Definition of Plateful