plaque
Any flat, thin piece of clay, ivory, metal, etc., used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a dish, plate, slab, etc., hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn by a person, such as a brooch.
Other meanings
A piece of flat metal with writing on it, attached to a building, monument, or other structure to remind people of a person or an event.
A small card representing an amount of money, used for betting in casinos; a sort of gaming chip.
Related words
- megaplaque
- microplaque
- plaquelike
- uroplaque
- antiplaque
- intraplaque
- nonplaque
- periplaque
- plaqueless
- plaquette
- plaquing
- immunoplaque
Word history
From Middle Dutch "placken" (to patch, beat metal into a thin plate).
Where this comes from
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