Definitions for PLATES
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1. Plates

   in Coccidae, the squames; q.v.: in male Homoptera, a pair of pieces following the last full ventral segment; usually preceded by a short piece, - the valve.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'PLATES' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4019

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'PLATES' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4048

Anagrams for PLATES »

1. palest

2. pastel

3. petals

4. pleats

5. septal

6. staple

7. tepals

How to pronounce PLATES?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say PLATES in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of PLATES in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of PLATES in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of PLATES in a Sentence

1. Jason Jensen:

   The quick sale manifests her intent to run, she was ditching the car, likely knowing officials could trace to whereabouts through her plates.

2. Klaus Kristiansen:

   We went out to the field with a metal detector, i hoped we might find some old plates or something for Daniel to show in school.

3. Rich Briggs:

   Hispaniola sits in a place where plates transition from smashing together to sliding past one another.

4. Pedro Gomez:

   My family was having lunch, they left the plates of food and stopped eating and fled, they took nothing but their clothes on their backs.

5. Evan Saitta:

   Males typically invest more into their ornamentation than do females, so the larger wide plates were likely from males, the broad, thin structure of the plates and their positioning on the back of the animal suggests that they were used in sexual display, analogous to the tail of a peacock. The broad, wide plates likely made a continuous display surface along the animal's back to attract mates, like a billboard.

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References

1. ^ Entomology
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