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terneplate

terneplate noun: thin iron or steel sheeting coated with an alloy of lead and tin (or, more recently, zinc and tin), often with some antimony.

Noun

terneplate (countable and uncountable, plural terneplates)

  1. (also, attributive) Thin iron or steel sheeting coated with an alloy of lead and tin (or, more recently, zinc and tin), often with some antimony.

Forms of terneplate

pluralterneplates
alternative formterne-plate

Origin of terneplate

Probably from terne (“colourless, drab, dull”) (as contrasted with the shiny appearance of tinplate) + plate (“layer of a material on the surface of something, plating”).

Questions about terneplate

What does terneplate mean?
Terneplate means thin iron or steel sheeting coated with an alloy of lead and tin (or, more recently, zinc and tin), often with some antimony.
What part of speech is terneplate?
Terneplate is a noun.
What is the plural of terneplate?
The plural of terneplate is terneplates.

Words near terneplate in the dictionary

  1. Ternatean
  2. ternately
  3. Ternateno
  4. Ternatese
  5. terne
  6. terneplate
  7. terneplates
  8. terneries
  9. ternery
  10. ternes
  11. ternesite

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