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GOLDPLATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does goldplate mean?
• GOLDPLATE (verb)
The verb GOLDPLATE has 1 sense:
1. plate with gold
Familiarity information: GOLDPLATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Plate with gold
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
gold-plate; gold plate; goldplate
Context example:
goldplate a watch
Hypernyms (to "goldplate" is one way to...):
plate (coat with a layer of metal)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
gold plate (a thin plating of gold on something)
gold plate (tableware that is plated with gold)
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