PLATE IRON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plate iron mean? 

• PLATE IRON (noun)
  The noun PLATE IRON has 1 sense:

1. a plate of iron

  Familiarity information: PLATE IRON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLATE IRON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A plate of iron

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("plate iron" is a kind of...):

plate (a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plate iron"):

boilerplate (thick plate iron used in the production of boilers)

sheet iron (plate iron thinner than tank iron)

stovepipe iron (plate iron that is thinner than tank iron)

tank iron (plate iron that is thinner than boilerplate but thicker than sheet iron or stovepipe iron)