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plates

NOUN

dish or meal served

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bowl platter serving

STRONG

casserole course helping portion service trencher

NOUN

sheet, panel

Synonyms

STRONGEST

layer slab slice

STRONG

coat disc flake foil lamella lamina leaf plane print scale spangle stratum

VERB

coat with metallic material

Synonyms

STRONG

anodize bronze chrome cover electroplate enamel encrust face flake foil gild laminate layer nickel overlay platinize scale silver stratify

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The Gofar fault is a deep underwater fracture where the Pacific and Nazca tectonic plates slide past one another at roughly 140 millimeters per year, about as fast as fingernails grow.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

During his trip, he inspected the centuries-old Chola Plates, rings with engraved copper plates, that are being returned to India by Leiden University.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

Transform faults are areas where tectonic plates move horizontally alongside each other, and Gofar has become one of the best studied examples on the ocean floor.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

Servers openly scrutinizing how many plates people ordered didn’t fit the vibe.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

But a few minutes later, the waitress comes back out holding an ice cream cake, plus a stack of dessert plates.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison