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base plate

base plate is the alternative form of baseplate.

Meaning of baseplate

Noun

baseplate (plural baseplates)

  1. A solid piece of material that has enough strength and sturdiness to serve as the surface to which other things are attached to be supported.
    1. (broadly) The foundation of a skateboard that mounts directly to the underside of the deck using hardware.
  2. Synonym of tie plate.
    • Baseplates are inserted between rail and sleeper to measure the dynamic loads which are being imposed; […].1964 July, “Prince Philip opens the new BR Research Laboratories at Derby”, in Modern Railways, page 24
    Synonyms:
    tie plate

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Forms of base plate

pluralbase plates

Questions about base plate

What is base plate the alternative form of?
Base plate is the alternative form of baseplate.

Words near base plate in the dictionary

  1. base pair
  2. base pairs
  3. base path
  4. base paths
  5. base pay
  6. base plate
  7. base plates
  8. base point
  9. base points
  10. base price
  11. base prices

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Adapted from Wiktionary: base plate (page history and authors); baseplate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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