WALL PLATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wall plate mean? 

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

1. plate (a timber along the top of a wall) to support the ends of joists, etc., and distribute the load

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• WALL PLATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Plate (a timber along the top of a wall) to support the ends of joists, etc., and distribute the load

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

plate (structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage)