Phrase guide

plate reverb

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

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noun

Meaning 1

An electromechanical device used to produce a reverb sound effect, in which an electrical audio signal is made to vibrate a metal plate, and sensors attached to the plate pick up its reverberations.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Qualifier: sound recording; sound engineering; sound recording; sound engineering

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noun

Meaning 2

The sound effect created by this device.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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