- present participle of plate.
noun
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a coating or layer of material, esp metal
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a layer or covering of metal plates
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The team selected highly elastic yarns and used a knitting method called plating, which places different yarns on opposite faces of the textile.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
She once filmed herself plating an elaborate dessert—a petit gâteau in the shape of a Christmas ornament from the Miami bakery Bachour—only to have it slip off her spatula and break.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Series creator Christopher Storer conveys this in the briefest, tightest shots of hands lovingly plating food, as well as in panoramic views of the series as a whole.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
Each of the first seven hitters in the lineup recorded an RBI, with Hernández and Max Muncy plating runs in the fifth before Mookie Betts and Freeman hit back-to-back RBI singles in the sixth.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2025
She has droopy eyes and gold plating on her front teeth.
From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
After roasting the pumpkin, Guard and his team remove the flesh and aren’t afraid to push it to exotic places with bold platings like Thai and Indian pumpkin curry.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2023
Today — to set issues of preparation aside — menu components go missing at the Palace Kitchen, platings seem paltry.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2023
That includes new straps and two new models you can buy it in, with 18k gold and platinum platings on top of the watch's existing stainless steel body.
From The Verge ● Jan. 5, 2016
This is having a raucous night out with other high-minded food people, hold the twee platings and garnishes.
From Forbes ● Oct. 14, 2014
Sometimes these stratus clouds may cover the sky at midday, but in thin platings and not leadenly.
From Reading the Weather by Thomas Morris Longstreth
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