English Explanatory Dictionary

counterplate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any plate (flat piece of material) opposite to a primary one, such as an opposite engraved surface used in printing, or an opposite sheet of matrix rock from the one containing a fossil.

Word forms

counterplate counterplates

Etymology

From counter- + plate.

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