plate rail

Save This Word!

noun

a rail or narrow shelf fixed along a wall to hold plates, especially for ornament or display.

QUIZ

ARE YOU A TRUE BLUE CHAMPION OF THESE "BLUE" SYNONYMS?

We could talk until we're blue in the face about this quiz on words for the color "blue," but we think you should take the quiz and find out if you're a whiz at these colorful terms.

Question 1 of 8

Which of the following words describes “sky blue”?

navy

beryl

azure

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Meet Grammar Coach

Write or paste your essay, email, or story into Grammar Coach and get grammar help

Improve Your Writing

Meet Grammar CoachImprove Your Writing

Origin of plate rail

First recorded in 1815–25

Words nearby plate rail

platemaker, plate mark, platen, plate proof, plater, plate rail, plateresque, plate shop, plate tectonics, plate tracery, plate up

How to use plate rail in a sentence

Authorities blame anarchists protesting a proposed high-speed rail line called TAV that will link Turin and Lyon, France.
Italy’s Terror on the Tracks|Barbie Latza Nadeau|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Using a heatproof slotted spoon, remove the shallots to a paper towel-lined plate.
Make Carla Hall’s Crispy Shallot Green Bean Casserole|Carla Hall|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Allow beans to cool completely then remove to a paper towel-lined plate to dry.
Make Carla Hall’s Crispy Shallot Green Bean Casserole|Carla Hall|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Workers built a temporary rail track through the city to move the statue in a process that took three days.
Florence Preps ‘David’ for the Big One|Barbie Latza Nadeau|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The young man had the presence of mind to tail Gaylard Williams out of the park and jot down his license plate.
Exposed: The Gay-Bashing Pastor’s Same-Sex Assault|M.L. Nestel|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A gentleman got out of a carriage before it stopped, and fell between the rail and the platform.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood
The first rail road opened in Brazil, the emperor and empress being present at the inauguration.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Well, the pudding moment arrived, and a huge slice almost obscured from sight the plate before us.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
He conducts this ceremony with the greatest solemnity, occasionally pronouncing these incantatory words, "Plate or shell, sah?"
Physiology of The Opera|John H. Swaby (AKA "Scrici")
We sat down pell-mell, anywhere, I next to Liszt, who kept putting things on my plate.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay

British Dictionary definitions for plate rail

plate rail

noun

railways an early flat rail with an extended flange on its outer edge to retain wheels on the trackSometimes shortened to: plate

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