plating

noun

Definition of platingnext
as in plate

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Recent Examples of plating What competing on Food Network's Pitmasters taught him about cooking under pressure, from elaborate plating to burying food underground and cooking it over heated stones. — Sid Evans, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2026 The camera isolates everyone’s hands, the plating, and the micro-adjustments. — Henry Metz, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026 This one features the HUNTR/X name in a dazzling purple hue with black undertones and surrounded by yellow gold-tone plating. — Tim Chan, Footwear News, 7 Sep. 2026 The pieces are crafted in 14-karat gold plating and sterling silver and are available to shop in Pandora stores and online. — Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for plating
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plating
  1. plate
  2. mail
  3. shield
  4. hull
  5. casing
  6. housing
  7. armor
Noun
  • Most electric cars combat this by laying a flat cooling plate underneath the battery.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Fruits and vegetables Those trying to lose belly fat should load up their plates with vegetables that are low in calories and full of fiber, Aziz said.
    — Sadie Chafe, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of plate
Noun
  • While renting a charming Mediterranean Revival-style villa in the Hollywood Hills, the FBI tapped her phone lines and the CIA covertly intercepted and opened her mail.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2026
  • This administration has waged a war against mail-in voting, demanded states’ voter rolls, threatened election workers and threatened to seize voting machines.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of mail
Noun
  • Swarms of police officers descended from helicopters and beat them with billy clubs and metal shields.
    — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The jail has issued inmates Android tablets and Englert says some have turned the heat shields into blades.
    — Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of shield
Noun
  • The crew of the Chelsea 3 reported the ship’s deck and hull were hit by three aerial drones.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The yacht pairs a wave-piercing plumb bow with a robust steel hull and a lightweight aluminium superstructure.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of hull
Noun
  • This uses distinct propellant grains that are arranged sequentially inside the motor casing and separated into two or more independent chambers.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The wells needed wider diameters (wider casing) and slickwater fracking, not gelled fluids, to sustain enough pressure to produce ample gas flows.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of casing
Noun
  • Opponents worry that the changes would mean less money getting invested in rural housing, precisely when housing affordability issues are hitting those areas the hardest.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Amata positions its facilities as industrial cities that include not just factories, but also living facilities like housing, schools, hospitals and shopping malls.
    — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of housing
Noun
  • Pictet left to retrieve his body armor from the Hotel Istanbul.
    — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The clothes performed a parallel operation on familiar forms, pulling apart bikers, trenches, tweed jackets, corsetry, and punk hardware before rebuilding them into funky new forms of feminine armor.
    — Vogue, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of armor

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