electroplate

American  

[ih-lek-truh-pleyt] / ɪˈlɛk trəˌpleɪt /

verb (used with object)

electroplated, electroplating

1. to plate or coat with a metal by electrolysis.

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noun

1. electroplated articles or ware.

electroplate British  

/ ɪˈlɛktrəʊˌpleɪt /

verb

1. (tr) to plate (an object) by electrolysis

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noun

1. electroplated articles collectively, esp when plated with silver

adjective

1. coated with metal by electrolysis; electroplated

Other Word Forms

• electroplater
  noun

Etymology

Origin of electroplate

First recorded in 1860–65; electro- + plate ¹

Example Sentences

These numerous little holes present a difficult surface for making a good wax mold when an electroplate is made for printing.

From Type Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices #1 by Stewart, A. A.

It taught you how to make all sorts of things—galvanic batteries, and kites, and mouse-traps, and how to electroplate things, and how to do wood-carving and leather-work.

From Oswald Bastable and Others by Brock, C. E. (Charles Edmund)

A metallic surface which it is intended to electroplate must, as has been mentioned, be scrupulously clean.

From On Laboratory Arts by Threlfall, Richard

But we shall also, in the course of our experiments, find that a cheap metal can be coated with a costly one by means of electricity—that we can electroplate by electrolysis.

From Electricity for Boys by Zerbe, James Slough

He missed the companionship of kindred spirits, and sometimes his memory would play truant, recalling the pleasant glitter of sterling silver and conversational electroplate which accompanied his former London dinner-parties.

From The Parts Men Play by Baxter, Arthur Beverley