plåt — meaning in English

English meaning

• plate noun A flat, shallow dish used for serving or eating food.
• shell noun The hard outer covering of certain animals, such as snails, crabs, and turtles, or of eggs and nuts.

Senses

plåt is used for these senses in English:

• plate (printing) An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper.
• sheet metal Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet, used widely as construction material and raw material for a multitude of industrial products. It is thicker than foil and thinner than plate.
• shell An engraved copper roller used in print works.

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.

shell — full definition

1. noun The hard outer covering of certain animals, such as snails, crabs, and turtles, or of eggs and nuts.
2. noun An explosive projectile fired from artillery.
3. noun The outer frame or structure of something, especially when unfinished or empty inside.
4. noun A computer program that provides a command-line interface for interacting with an operating system.
5. verb To remove the outer covering from something, such as a nut or pea.

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