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targa — meaning in English

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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.
  • shingle noun A thin, often overlapping piece of roofing or wall covering material.
  • signboard noun A board carrying a sign, or on which signs may be posted.

Senses

targa is used for these senses in English:

  • license plate An identifying tag, usually made of metal, bearing a sequence of letters or numbers identifying the vehicle, and placed at the rear and, often, also at the front of a motor vehicle.
  • plaque (countable) A piece of flat metal with writing on it, attached to a building, monument, or other structure to remind people of a person or an event.
  • plate (especially, Australia, ;, metonymy, plurale tantum) Vehicle license plates, registration plates.
  • shingle A small signboard designating a professional office; this may be both a physical signboard or a metaphoric term for a small production company (a production shingle).
  • signboard (US) A board carrying a sign, or on which signs may be posted.

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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