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плака — meaning in English

plaka

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English meaning

  • plaque noun A flat piece of metal, stone, or similar material fixed to a wall or monument, usually bearing an inscription that commemorates a person or event.
  • plate noun A flat, shallow dish used for serving or eating food.
  • slate noun A fine-grained gray rock that splits easily into thin flat sheets, often used for roofing.
  • transparency noun The quality of being clear enough to see through.

Senses

плака is used for these senses in English:

  • plaque (uncountable, dentistry) An accumulation of biofilm, or bacteria, on teeth, which may develop into dental calculus (tartar).
  • plate (chemistry) Any flat piece of material such as coated glass or plastic.
  • slate An artificial material resembling slate and used for the same purposes.
  • transparency (countable) Something transparent.

plaque — full definition

  1. noun A flat piece of metal, stone, or similar material fixed to a wall or monument, usually bearing an inscription that commemorates a person or event.
  2. noun A sticky film of bacteria that builds up on the surface of teeth.
  3. noun A deposit of abnormal material in body tissue, such as fatty deposits in artery walls.

plate — full definition

  1. noun A flat, shallow dish used for serving or eating food.
  2. noun A rigid piece of metal, glass, or other material with a flat, uniform shape.
  3. noun A vehicle's license plate.
  4. noun One of the large rigid sections of the Earth's crust that move over time; a tectonic plate.
  5. verb To coat the surface of an object with a thin layer of another metal.

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