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plater en · NOUN

Etymology

From plate + -er.

Meanings

  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.

Forms

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platers Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

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

Translations (6)

de Schmied (someone who plates metal) · fi peltiseppä (someone who installs sheet metal) · sv pläterare (someone who plates metal) · fi kalanteri (machine) · fi kaakki (inferior racehorse) · sv plåtslagare (someone who installs sheet metal)