wall plate
wall plate noun: a piece of timber laid horizontally in or on a wall as a support for a girder, rafter, or joist.
Noun
wall plate (plural wall plates)
- A piece of timber laid horizontally in or on a wall as a support for a girder, rafter, or joist.
- A plate mounted to a wall as a housing.
- Wallplate sockets may become obstructed when a room is repainted; be sure the gold contacts inside the socket are clean.1995, David Hakala, Modems made easy: the basics and beyond!, page 237
- Synonyms:
- raising piece, reason
wall plate meaning in Tamil
wall plate in Tamil
- சுவர்வளை, சுவா சட்டம், பலுப்புச் சட்டம், சுவாச் சட்டம், சுவாத் தட்டு, சுவாப்பலகை
Synonyms of wall plate
Forms of wall plate
| plural | wall plates |
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Origin of wall plate
From Middle English wall plate, walplate, equivalent to wall + plate.
Questions about wall plate
- What does wall plate mean?
- Wall plate means a piece of timber laid horizontally in or on a wall as a support for a girder, rafter, or joist.
- What is wall plate in Tamil?
- Wall plate in Tamil is சுவர்வளை, சுவா சட்டம், பலுப்புச் சட்டம். See Wall plate meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is wall plate?
- Wall plate is a noun.
- What is the plural of wall plate?
- The plural of wall plate is wall plates.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: wall plate (page history and authors); wall plate (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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