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plate
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1 a small thin piece of material that resembles an animal scale the tiny silver plates on the brooch are arranged to look like fish scales Synonyms lamella, lamina, scaleRelated Words chip, flake, sliver, splint, splinter; leaf, sheet, slice
2 something that visually explains or decorates a text the book's color plate illustrates the internal organs of the human body Synonyms diagram, figure, graphic, illustration, visualRelated Words art, artwork; drawing, illumination, image, pictogram, pictograph, picture; caption, key, legend; inset; depiction, pictorialization, portrait, portrayal, representation; clarification, elucidation, explanation, explication, exposition
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