GOLD PLATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gold plate mean? 

• GOLD PLATE (noun)
  The noun GOLD PLATE has 2 senses:

1. tableware that is plated with gold

2. a thin plating of gold on something

  Familiarity information: GOLD PLATE used as a noun is rare.

• GOLD PLATE (verb)
  The verb GOLD PLATE has 1 sense:

1. plate with gold

  Familiarity information: GOLD PLATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GOLD PLATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tableware that is plated with gold

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

tableware (articles for use at the table (dishes and silverware and glassware))

Derivation:

gold plate; gold-plate; goldplate (plate with gold)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A thin plating of gold on something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

metal plating; plating (a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface)

Derivation:

gold plate; gold-plate; goldplate (plate with gold)

• GOLD PLATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they gold plate    ... he / she / it gold plates   
Past simple: gold plated   
Past participle: gold plated   
-ing form: gold plating   

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 "gold plate" 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)

 Context examples 

"Shouldn't wonder if she drove six white horses, ate off gold plate, and wore diamonds and point lace every day. Teddy thinks nothing too good for her," returned Jo with infinite satisfaction.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)