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plateband

plateband is the obsolete form of platband.

Meaning of platband

Noun

platband (plural platbands)

  1. A border of flowers in a garden, especially along a wall; a strip of turf forming a border.
  2. (figuratively) Any border.
  3. A flat fascia on an architrave, or forming a border round a window, or a horizontal band along a wall.
  4. A fillet on a column, between the flutings.
  5. (rare) A flat lintel over a door or window.

Forms of plateband

pluralplatebands

Questions about plateband

What is plateband the obsolete form of?
Plateband is the obsolete form of platband.

Words near plateband in the dictionary

  1. plateaued
  2. plateauing
  3. plateaulike
  4. plateaus
  5. plateaux
  6. plateband
  7. platebands
  8. platebound
  9. platebrush
  10. plated
  11. plated away

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Adapted from Wiktionary: plateband (page history and authors); platband (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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