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terneplate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
terne-plate
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

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”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

terneplates (plural) terne-plate (alternative)

Questions

What does terneplate mean?
Thin iron or steel sheeting coated with an alloy of lead and tin (or, more recently, zinc and tin), often with some antimony.
Where does terneplate come from?
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”).

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