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PLATER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does plater mean?
• PLATER (noun)
The noun PLATER has 1 sense:
1. a skilled worker who coats articles with a film of metal (usually silver or gold)
Familiarity information: PLATER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A skilled worker who coats articles with a film of metal (usually silver or gold)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("plater" is a kind of...):
skilled worker; skilled workman; trained worker (a worker who has acquired special skills)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plater"):
electroplater (a plater who uses electrolysis)
Derivation:
plate (coat with a layer of metal)
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