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placa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • backing noun Support, especially financial support, given to a person or project.
  • plate noun A flat, shallow dish used for serving or eating food.
  • sign noun A visible indication that something exists, is happening, or is about to happen.
  • slab noun A thick, flat piece of a hard material, such as stone or concrete.

Senses

placa is used for these senses in English:

  • backing A liner or other material added behind or underneath.
  • circuit board (electronics, computer hardware) A board on which electronic components and their interconnecting circuits are mounted or etched.
  • 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.
  • plate (chemistry) Any flat piece of material such as coated glass or plastic.
  • slab A paving stone; a flagstone.
  • tectonic plate (geology) Any of several large pieces of the Earth's lithosphere which participate in plate tectonics.
  • traffic sign A sign for the control of traffic or the information of drivers.

backing — full definition

  1. noun Support, especially financial support, given to a person or project.
  2. noun Material attached to the back of something to reinforce or support it.
  3. noun Musicians or singers who support a lead performer.

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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