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plating

American  
[pley-ting] / ˈpleɪ tɪŋ /

noun

  1. a thin coating of gold, silver, etc.

  2. an external layer of metal plates.

  3. the act of a person or thing that plates.


plating British  
/ ˈpleɪtɪŋ /

noun

  1. a coating or layer of material, esp metal

  2. a layer or covering of metal plates

"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

Etymology

Origin of plating

First recorded in 1535–45; plat(e) 1 + -ing 1

Example Sentences

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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 chemical, a white crystal-like solid with a faint almond odour, is used in industry for metal cleaning, plating and extraction, and photography.

From BBC • Aug. 14, 2024

Her style, which she described as “clear painting,” looks backward to mannerism and forward to futurism and has a high-gloss sheen to it, like the chrome plating of a motorcar.

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2024

She finished plating the slice of pie before she left the counter.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

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