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electroplate

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

verb (used with object)

electroplated, electroplating
  1. to plate or coat with a metal by electrolysis.


noun

  1. electroplated articles or ware.

electroplate British  
/ ɪˈlɛktrəʊˌpleɪt /

verb

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. electroplated articles collectively, esp when plated with silver

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. coated with metal by electrolysis; electroplated

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of electroplate

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

Example Sentences

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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

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

From On Laboratory Arts by Threlfall, Richard

It was not great oratory after all; it was not true oratory of any kind; but it was a splendid imitation of the real thing—the finest electroplate anywhere to be found.

From Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches by McCarthy, Justin

She made use of it as, on occasions requiring a show of lavishness, people eke out a meager supply of silver with plenty of plausible electroplate.

From The Side Of The Angels A Novel by King, Basil

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)

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