See also: Plater

English edit

Etymology edit

plate +‎ -er.

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Noun edit

plater (plural platers)

  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. (biology) A device for depositing cells on a plate.
  5. (horse-racing) A horse that runs chiefly in selling plates; hence, an inferior racehorse.

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Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /plater/, [pla.t̪e̞r]

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plater inan

  1. plate
  2. dish

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Further reading edit

  • "plater" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • plater” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman plater, dissimilatory variant of platel; equivalent to plate +‎ -el.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /plaˈtɛːr/, /ˈplatər/

Noun edit

plater (plural platers)

  1. platter

Descendants edit

  • English: platter
  • Scots: plaeter
  • Yola: plathearès, platheares (plural)

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Norwegian Bokmål edit

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plater m or f

  1. indefinite plural of plate

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plater f

  1. indefinite plural of plate

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plater oblique singularm (oblique plural platers, nominative singular platers, nominative plural plater)

  1. platter (serving plate)

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