noun
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a coating or layer of material, esp metal
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a layer or covering of metal plates
Etymology
Origin of plating
Example Sentences
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While it has plans to raise productivity with promised investment including a new semi-automated plating line, the firm faces a potential order gap next year after delivery of Glen Rosa.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
Max Muncy supplied their lone early RBIs, plating one run on a fourth-inning double and another on a sixth-inning groundout.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2025
Instead of plating a large piece of chicken with sweet potatoes and rice on the side, transform those same ingredients into a sweet potato risotto with chicken.
From Salon • Mar. 30, 2025
The tank holds hexavalent chromium, a reddish-brown solution widely used in plating that has been shown to cause lung cancer in humans if inhaled.
From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2024
I’m just plating up the pancakes when my grandfather walks into the kitchen.
From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm
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