plaque
noun
a thin, flat plate or tablet of metal, porcelain, etc., intended for ornament, as on a wall, or set in a piece of furniture.
plaques
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pluralof plaque.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Two blue plaques were unveiled that year in Port Talbot and Pontrhydyfen to commemorate Burton.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
Along the way, you can learn about the flora and fauna via informational plaques.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
But in the renovated bathrooms the famous plaques above the urinals — including the one declaring “Charles Bukowski pissed here” — will remain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
This approach revealed the distribution of plaques and microglia across the brain, helping researchers understand where immune cells were responding to Alzheimer's pathology.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
Inside, it is full of original New Yorker cartoons, family photos, embroidered pillows, small statues, ivory paperweights, taxidermied fish on plaques.
From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart
