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floorplate.

A (usually metal) plate used as industrial flooring.

10 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A (usually metal) plate used as industrial flooring.

  2. A horizontal, structural, load-bearing member in platform framing (wooden building framing). Also called bottom plate, sill plate, sole plate or (lower) wall plate.

  3. The structural base plate of the floors (storeys) of a building, usually made up of bottom panels, floor panels, floor slabs, paving slabs, hollow core slabs or beams or joists in timber constructions.

  4. A specialized glial structure integral to the developing nervous system of vertebrate organisms.

Where this word comes from

From floor + plate.

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