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Plate

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.

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Anode 76% connected

The positive pole of an electric battery, or more strictly the electrode by which the current enters the electrolyte on its way to the other pole; --…

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Bag 76% connected

A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money.

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Base 76% connected

Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs.

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Coat 76% connected

An outer garment fitting the upper part of the body; especially, such a garment worn by men.

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Crust 76% connected

The hard external coat or covering of anything; the hard exterior surface or outer shell; an incrustation; as, a crust of snow.

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Entree 76% connected

A coming in, or entrance; hence, freedom of access; permission or right to enter; as, to have the entree of a house.

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Flatware 76% connected

Articles for the table, as china or silverware, that are more or less flat, as distinguished from hollow ware.

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Illustration 76% connected

The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct.

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Receptacle 76% connected

That which serves, or is used, for receiving and containing something, as a basket, a vase, a bag, a reservoir; a repository.

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Sheet 76% connected

In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc.; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an expanded superficies.

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Shield 76% connected

A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, -- formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body. See Buckler.

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Structure 76% connected

The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

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Surface 76% connected

The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, t…

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Baffle 76% connected

To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a recreant knight.

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Bridge 76% connected

A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron, erected over a river or other water course, or over a chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passagewa…

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Comb 76% connected

An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place.

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Damper 76% connected

That which damps or checks; as: (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draug…

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Disc 76% connected

A flat round plate

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Disk 76% connected

A discus; a quoit.

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Engraving 76% connected

of Engrave

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Escutcheon 76% connected

The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called the field, the upper part is…

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Frill 76% connected

To shake or shiver as with cold; as, the hawk frills.

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Grid 76% connected

A grating of thin parallel bars, similar to a gridiron.

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Gusset 76% connected

A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some part or giving it a tapering enlargement.

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Horseshoe 76% connected

A shoe for horses, consisting of a narrow plate of iron in form somewhat like the letter U, nailed to a horse's hoof.

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Lamella 76% connected

a thin plate or scale of anything, as a thin scale growing from the petals of certain flowers; or one of the thin plates or scales of which certain s…

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Lamina 76% connected

A thin plate or scale; a layer or coat lying over another; -- said of thin plates or platelike substances, as of bone or minerals.

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Operculum 76% connected

The lid of a pitcherform leaf.

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Platen 76% connected

The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made.

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Plessimeter 76% connected

See Pleximeter.

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Pleximeter 76% connected

A small, hard, elastic plate, as of ivory, bone, or rubber, placed in contact with body to receive the blow, in examination by mediate percussion.

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Shoe 76% connected

A covering for the human foot, usually made of leather, having a thick and somewhat stiff sole and a lighter top. It differs from a boot on not exten…

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Tap 76% connected

To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane.

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Manner of action 5

Chrome 76% connected

Same as Chromium.

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Electroplate 76% connected

To plate or cover with a coating of metal, usually silver, nickel, or gold, by means of electrolysis.

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Nickel 76% connected

A bright silver-white metallic element. It is of the iron group, and is hard, malleable, and ductile. It occurs combined with sulphur in millerite, w…

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Silver 76% connected

A soft white metallic element, sonorous, ductile, very malleable, and capable of a high degree of polish. It is found native, and also combined with…

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Tin 76% connected

An elementary substance found as an oxide in the mineral cassiterite, and reduced as a soft white crystalline metal, malleable at ordinary temperatur…

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Derivationally related 4

Plater 74% connected

One who plates or coats articles with gold or silver; as, a silver plater.

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Plater 74% connected

One who plates or coats articles with gold or silver; as, a silver plater.

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Plating 74% connected

of Plate

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Plating 74% connected

of Plate

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Containing whole 3

Construction 70% connected

The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.

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Structure 70% connected

The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

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Tube 70% connected

A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance of fluids, and for various other purposes; a pipe.

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Synonym 5

Denture 92% connected

An artificial tooth, block, or set of teeth.

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Home 92% connected

See Homelyn.

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Plateful 92% connected

Enough to fill a plate; as much as a plate will hold.

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Scale 92% connected

The dish of a balance; hence, the balance itself; an instrument or machine for weighing; as, to turn the scale; -- chiefly used in the plural when ap…

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Shell 92% connected

A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal.

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