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touch plate

touch plate
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tuhch pleyt]
    • /tʌtʃ pleɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tuhch pleyt]
    • /tʌtʃ pleɪt/

Definition of touch plate words

  • noun touch plate a pewter plate belonging to a guild of pewterers and bearing samples of the touchmarks of all pewterers belonging to the guild. 1

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Origin of touch plate

First appearance:

before 1500
One of the 26% oldest English words
First recorded in 1500-10

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Touch plate

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

touch plate popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 40% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 52% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

touch plate usage trend in Literature

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