plater

English

noun
Definitions
  • Someone who plates metal.
  • Someone who installs sheet metal and armour plating, particularly on trains, ships, tanks, and similar items.
  • A machine for calendering paper.
  • (biology) A device for depositing cells on a plate.
  • (horse-racing) A horse that runs chiefly in selling plates; hence, an inferior racehorse.

Etymology

Suffix from English plate (slang for vinyl record).

Origin

English

plate

Gloss

slang for vinyl record

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