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- English Word Platel Definition A small dish.
- English Word Platen Definition The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made.
- English Word Platen Definition Hence, an analogous part of a typewriter, on which the paper rests to receive an impression.
- English Word Platen Definition The movable table of a machine tool, as a planer, on which the work is fastened, and presented to the action of the tool; -- also called table.
- English Word Plater Definition One who plates or coats articles with gold or silver; as, a silver plater.
- English Word Plater Definition A machine for calendering paper.
- English Word Plateresque Definition Resembling silver plate; -- said of certain architectural ornaments.
- English Word Platetrope Definition One of a pair of a paired organs.
- English Word Platform Definition A plat; a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern. Used also figuratively.
- English Word Platform Definition A place laid out after a model.
- English Word Platform Definition Any flat or horizontal surface; especially, one that is raised above some particular level, as a framework of timber or boards horizontally joined so as to form a roof, or a raised floor, or portion of a floor; a landing; a dais; a stage, for speakers, performers, or workmen; a standing place.
- English Word Platform Definition A declaration of the principles upon which a person, a sect, or a party proposes to stand; a declared policy or system; as, the Saybrook platform; a political platform.
- English Word Platform Definition A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine. See Orlop.
- English Word Platform Definition To place on a platform.
- English Word Platform Definition To form a plan of; to model; to lay out.
- English Word Plathelminth Definition One of the Platyelminthes.
- English Word Plathelminthes Definition Same as Platyelminthes.
- English Word Platin Definition See Platen.
- English Word Platina Definition Platinum.
- English Word Plating Definition of Plate