name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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Standard Lemma guide
plater
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rhymes with -eɪtə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: P L EY1 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Someone who plates metal.
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noun
Meaning 3
Someone who installs sheet metal and armour plating, particularly on trains, ships, tanks, and similar items.
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noun
Meaning 4
A machine for calendering paper.
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noun
Meaning 5
A device for depositing cells on a plate.
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Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 6
A horse that runs chiefly in selling plates; hence, an inferior racehorse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, horse-racing, horseracing, horses, lifestyle, pets, racing, sports
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noun
Meaning 7
a skilled worker who coats articles with a film of metal (usually silver or gold)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman
Narrower terms: electroplater
History
Etymology
From plate + -er.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: Schmied — someone who plates metal
- Swedish: pläterare — someone who plates metal
- Finnish: peltiseppä — someone who installs sheet metal
- Swedish: plåtslagare — someone who installs sheet metal
- Finnish: kalanteri — machine
- Finnish: kaakki — inferior racehorse