- present tense form of plate (3rd person singular).
plates
Example Sentences
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He built his first presses out of Honduras mahogany, added iron to beds and platens to make them durable, finally abandoned wood for iron throughout.
From Time Magazine Archive
While in that position steam is let into the upper and lower platens and the matting is cured.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892 by Various
I have a couple of platens in the shops here; but we shan't be able to take a pull until to-morrow morning, I'm afraid.
From The Wonder by Beresford, J. D. (John Davys)
