Caribbean Plate

American  

noun

Geology.

1. a major tectonic division of the earth's crust, encompassing the Central American portion of North America, the Caribbean Sea, and the islands of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico, as well as the Leeward and Windward Islands; bordered north and south by the North and South American Plates and west by the Cocos Plate.

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Example Sentences

Inside Caribbean Plate, you sense the same combination of talent and unrelenting drive that marks any athlete who rises to the professional level.

From Washington Post • Jun. 28, 2021

Caribbean Plate is part jerk hut, part roti shop, part escovitch fish shack and part smoothie stop.

From Washington Post • Jun. 28, 2021

To be honest, I had looked right past the jerk pork on every visit to Caribbean Plate, save for my last one.

From Washington Post • Jun. 28, 2021