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turnplate

turnplate noun: a turntable (rotating platform for turning vehicles).

Noun

turnplate (plural turnplates)

  1. A turntable (rotating platform for turning vehicles).
    • In the Birmingham station the large turnplate in the locomotive engine house is completed, and the necessary rails fitting it for the reception of engines will he laid in a few days.1839, Peter Lecount, chapter 14, in The History of the Railway Connecting London and Birmingham, Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2024

Forms of turnplate

pluralturnplates

Origin of turnplate

From turn + plate.

Questions about turnplate

What does turnplate mean?
Turnplate means a turntable (rotating platform for turning vehicles).
What part of speech is turnplate?
Turnplate is a noun.
What is the plural of turnplate?
The plural of turnplate is turnplates.

Words near turnplate in the dictionary

  1. turnpiked
  2. turnpiker
  3. turnpikers
  4. turnpikes
  5. turnpiking
  6. turnplate
  7. turnplates
  8. turnplough
  9. turnploughs
  10. Turnquist
  11. Turnquists

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