plater

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noun

Someone who plates metal.

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Meanings

plater1

nounplater (plural platers)

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. biologyA device for depositing cells on a plate.
  5. hobbiesA horse that runs chiefly in selling plates; hence, an inferior racehorse.

Plater2

proper nounPlater (plural Platers)

plural Platers

  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
selling-plater

Origin

From plate + -er.

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Translations

Finnish peltiseppä, kalanteri
  • peltiseppäsomeone who installs sheet metal
  • kalanterimachine
  • kaakkiinferior racehorse
German Schmied
  • Schmiedsomeone who plates metal
Swedish pläterare, plåtslagare
  • pläteraresomeone who plates metal
  • plåtslagaresomeone who installs sheet metal

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with plater

latergreatercreatorlocatorvibratortranslatorspectatorterminatorcatercraternarratorslatercuratorgatormateralligatorwaiterdictatorskaterincubatorequatortraitorupdaterrotator
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Anagrams

Alpertreplatpalter
Cite this entry
APA

plater. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plater

MLA

“plater.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plater. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plater,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plater.

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