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piastra — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • plate noun A flat, shallow dish used for serving or eating food.
  • slab noun A thick, flat piece of a hard material, such as stone or concrete.
  • splint noun A rigid support used to hold an injured body part, like a broken bone, in place.
  • trammel noun Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, such as a net or shackle.

Senses

piastra is used for these senses in English:

  • hotplate A semiportable stove.
  • plate (weightlifting) A weighted disk, usually of metal, with a hole in the center for use with a barbell, dumbbell, or exercise machine.
  • plate (chemistry) Any flat piece of material such as coated glass or plastic.
  • slab A large, flat piece of solid material; a solid object that is large and flat.
  • splint (military, historical) A segment of armour consisting of a narrow overlapping plate.
  • trammel A vertical bar with several notches or chain of rings suspended over a fire, used to hang cooking pots by a hook which has an easily adjustable height.

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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