baseplate

[beys-pleyt]

noun

1. bedplate.

2. Dentistry.

   1. a sheet of plastic material for making trial denture plates. plate.

   2. the portion of a denture in contact with the jaw.

3. Metallurgy.,  a plate of metal to be clad with another metal.

Word History and Origins

Origin of baseplate¹

First recorded in 1875–80; base ¹ + plate ¹

Example Sentences

The wood cuts smoothly and is "really nice to work with", the artists says, as he attaches a three-pronged metal baseplate that will finally hold the trunk vertical once again.

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A baseplate that holds the telescope’s detectors was especially tricky, says Euclid Project Manager Giuseppe Racca at ESA.

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Plus-Plus Apollo 11 Playset Bundle: Mark the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing with this new set that includes three tubes with enough Plus-Plus pieces to construct a Saturn V Rocket, Astronaut and Lunar Lander, plus a Moon Baseplate to build on.

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Dubbed the Leica Q “Snow,” the camera is decked out in silver anodized aluminum for the top deck, baseplate, and controls.

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“These kits are not individual magazine parts to replace, say, a worn-out spring or a cracked baseplate in a lawfully possessed magazine,” the lawsuit states.

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