English Explanatory Dictionary

plater

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone who plates metal.
  2. Someone who installs sheet metal and armour plating, particularly on trains, ships, tanks, and similar items.
  3. A machine for calendering paper.
  4. A device for depositing cells on a plate.
  5. A horse that runs chiefly in selling plates; hence, an inferior racehorse.
name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

plater platers

Etymology

From plate + -er.

Related words

electroplater L-plater P-plater selling-plater tin-plater
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