name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
plating
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈpleɪtɪŋ/
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rhymes with -eɪtɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: P L EY1 T IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
An act of determining where a postage stamp is positioned on a sheet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, philately
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noun
Meaning 3
A thin coating of metal laid upon another metal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
A coating or defensive armour of metal plates.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
The presentation of food that is ready to be served.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 6
present participle and gerund of plate
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
Meaning 7
the application of a thin coat of metal (as by electrolysis)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: application, coating, covering
noun
Meaning 8
a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: metal plating
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: coating, coat
Narrower terms: gold plate, silver plate
History
Etymology
From Middle English *platynge, from Old English platung (“plate, thin piece of metal”), equivalent to plate + -ing.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: pladning — philately
- Bulgarian: галванизация (galvanizacija) — thin coating of metal
- Bulgarian: покритие (pokritie) — thin coating of metal
- Chinese Mandarin: 鍍層 /镀层 (dùcéng) — thin coating of metal
- Finnish: pinnoitus — thin coating of metal
- Finnish: päällystys — thin coating of metal
- German: Plattierung — thin coating of metal
- Indonesian: pelapisan — thin coating of metal
- Japanese: 鍍金 — thin coating of metal
- Kazakh: металдандыру (metaldandyru) — thin coating of metal
- Korean: 도금 (dogeum) — thin coating of metal
- Malay: penyaduran — thin coating of metal
- Malayalam: പൂശൽ (pūśal) — thin coating of metal
- Persian: آبکاری — thin coating of metal
- Spanish: baño — thin coating of metal
- Finnish: asettelu — presentation of food
- Finnish: pleittaus — presentation of food
- Spanish: emplatado — presentation of food