ELECTROPLATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does electroplate mean? 

• ELECTROPLATE (noun)
  The noun ELECTROPLATE has 1 sense:

1. any artifact that has been plated with a thin coat of metal by electrolysis

  Familiarity information: ELECTROPLATE used as a noun is very rare.

• ELECTROPLATE (verb)
  The verb ELECTROPLATE has 1 sense:

1. coat with metal by electrolysis

  Familiarity information: ELECTROPLATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELECTROPLATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any artifact that has been plated with a thin coat of metal by electrolysis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("electroplate" is a kind of...):

artefact; artifact (a man-made object taken as a whole)

Derivation:

electroplate (coat with metal by electrolysis)

• ELECTROPLATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they electroplate    ... he / she / it electroplates   
Past simple: electroplated   
Past participle: electroplated   
-ing form: electroplating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coat with metal by electrolysis

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

electroplate the watch

Hypernyms (to "electroplate" is one way to...):

plate (coat with a layer of metal)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

electroplate (any artifact that has been plated with a thin coat of metal by electrolysis)

electroplater (a plater who uses electrolysis)

 Context examples 

Nickel sulfate is used in electroplating and as a chemical intermediate to produce other nickel compounds.

(Nickel Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)

Nickel carbonate is used in electroplating, to prepare nickel monoxide, to make colored glass and as a catalyst in the treatment of wastewater.

(Nickel Carbonate, NCI Thesaurus)

Nickel chloride is used in electroplating, in nickel catalysts and to absorb ammonia in industrial gas masks.

(Nickel Chloride, NCI Thesaurus)

It is a byproduct of zinc refining and is used to make batteries, pigments, plastics, alloys, and electroplate.

(Cadmium, NCI Dictionary)

Catechol is used as an astringent, an antiseptic, and in photography, electroplating, and making other chemicals.

(Catechol, NCI Dictionary)

Cadmium compounds are used in industry in electroplating and coating, in pigments, in batteries, in alloys, and as stabilizers.

(Cadmium Compound, NCI Thesaurus)

Nickel compounds are used in industry for electroplating, nickel-alloy production, stainless steel production, in batteries, in electronics, in the ceramic industry and as catalysts.

(Nickel Compound, NCI Thesaurus)

Cadmium chloride is used in electroplating, printing, photocopying, dyeing, mirrors, vacuum tubes, lubricants, analytical chemistry and as a chemical intermediate to produce cadmium containing pigments and stabilizers.

(Cadmium Chloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Calcium oxide is mainly used in nickel-cadmium batteries, but is also used in electroplating, in the production of plastics and nitrile rubbers and as a nematocide and ascaricide in swine.

(Cadmium Oxide, NCI Thesaurus)

Nickel acetate is used in textile dyeing processes, in electroplating, and as a catalyst intermediate.

(Nickel Acetate, NCI Thesaurus)