ALL meanings of plating
plat·ing
P p - noun plating a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten. 1
- noun plating the contents of such a dish; plateful. 1
- noun plating an entire course of a meal served on such a dish: I had the vegetable plate for lunch. 1
- noun plating the food and service for one person, as at a banquet, fund-raising dinner, or the like: The wedding breakfast cost $20 a plate. 1
- noun plating household dishes, utensils, etc., of metal plated with gold or silver. 1
- noun plating household dishes, utensils, etc., made of gold or silver. 1
- noun plating Also called collection plate. a dish, as of metal or wood, used for collecting offerings, as in a church. 1
- noun plating a thin, flat sheet or piece of metal or other material, especially of uniform thickness. 1
- noun plating metal in such sheets. 1
- noun plating a flat, polished piece of metal on which something may be or is engraved. 1
- noun plating license plate. 1
- noun plating a flat or curved sheet of metal, plastic, glass, or similar hard material, on which a picture or text has been engraved, etched, molded, photographically developed, or drawn, that is inked, as in a press, for printing impressions on other surfaces. 1
- noun plating a printed impression from such a piece or from some similar piece, as a woodcut. 1
- noun plating a full-page illustration in a book, especially an insert on paper different from the text pages. 1
- noun plating a piece of armor made from a thin, flat piece or several such pieces of tough material, especially wrought iron or steel. 1
- noun plating armor composed of thin, flat pieces; plate armor. 1
- noun plating Dentistry. the part of a denture that conforms to the mouth and contains the teeth. the entire denture. 1
- noun plating Baseball. the plate, home plate. rubber1 (def 14). 1
- noun plating plate glass. 1
- noun plating Photography. a sheet of glass, metal, etc., coated with a sensitized emulsion, used for taking a photograph. 1
- noun plating Anatomy, Zoology. a platelike part, structure, or organ. 1
- noun plating a thin piece or cut of beef from the lower end of the ribs. 1
- noun plating Geology. crustal plate. 1
- noun plating Electronics. one of the interior elements of a vacuum tube, toward which electrons are attracted by virtue of its positive charge; anode. Abbreviation: P. 1
- noun plating Carpentry. any of various horizontal timbers or boards laid flat across the heads of studding, upon floors, etc., to support joists, rafters, or studs at or near their ends. 1
- noun plating a gold or silver cup or the like awarded as the prize in a horse race or some other contest. 1
- noun plating a horse race or some other contest for such a prize. 1
- noun plating Heraldry. a rounded argent. 1
- verb with object plating to coat (metal) with a thin film of gold, silver, nickel, etc., by mechanical or chemical means. 1
- verb with object plating to cover or overlay with metal plates for protection. 1
- verb with object plating Metalworking. to forge (a bloom or the like) into a broad piece. to hammer (cutlery) gently to produce an even surface. 1
- verb with object plating Printing. to make a stereotype or electrotype plate from (type). 1
- verb with object plating Papermaking. to give a high gloss to (paper), as on supercalendered paper. 1
- idioms plating have on one's plate, Informal. to have as an immediate task, obligation, or prospect: I had too much on my plate already to take on another task. 1
- noun plating metal coating 1
- uncountable noun plating Plating is a thin layer of metal on something, or a covering of metal plates. 0
- noun plating a coating or layer of material, esp metal 0
- noun plating a layer or covering of metal plates 0
- noun plating the act or process of a person or thing that plates 0
- noun plating an external layer of metal plates 0
- noun plating a thin coating of gold, silver, tin, etc. 0