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COVER PLATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cover plate mean?
• COVER PLATE (noun)
The noun COVER PLATE has 1 sense:
1. covering consisting of a plate used to cover over or close in a chamber or receptacle
Familiarity information: COVER PLATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Covering consisting of a plate used to cover over or close in a chamber or receptacle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("cover plate" is a kind of...):
covering (an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it))
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