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baseplate

baseplate noun: 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.

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

Verb

baseplate (third-person singular simple present baseplates, present participle baseplating, simple past and past participle baseplated)

  1. (transitive) To fit with a baseplate.
  2. (US, transitive, logistics) To provide (the vehicles within a fleet) with license plates registered as a batch in a particular state.

baseplate meaning in Tamil

baseplate in Tamil

கட்டுப் பல்பொருத்தத்தகடு, கட்டுப்பல் இருக்கி

Synonyms of baseplate

Forms of baseplate

Noun
pluralbaseplates
Verb
third-person singular presentbaseplates
present participlebaseplating
past participlebaseplated
pastbaseplated

Origin of baseplate

From base + plate.

Questions about baseplate

What does baseplate mean?
Baseplate means 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.
What is baseplate in Tamil?
Baseplate in Tamil is கட்டுப் பல்பொருத்தத்தகடு, கட்டுப்பல் இருக்கி. See Baseplate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is baseplate?
Baseplate can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of baseplate?
The plural of baseplate is baseplates.

Words near baseplate in the dictionary

  1. basepaths
  2. basepeak
  3. basepeaks
  4. baseperson
  5. basepersons
  6. baseplate
  7. baseplated
  8. baseplates
  9. baseplating
  10. basepoint
  11. basepoints

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: baseplate (page history and authors); baseplate (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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