plaque
Meaning of plaque
noun
- an ornamental tablet, typically of metal, porcelain, or wood, that is fixed to a wall or other surface in commemoration of a person or event.
- a sticky deposit on teeth in which bacteria proliferate.
plaque around gum margins can lead to gingivitis
- a small, distinct, typically raised patch or region on or within the body resulting from local damage or deposition of material, such as a fatty deposit on an artery wall in atherosclerosis or a site of localized damage of brain tissue in Alzheimer's disease.
- a flat counter used in gambling.
mid 19th century: from French, from Dutch plak ‘tablet’, from plakken ‘to stick’.
Information about plaque
- It is a name.
- The plural form of plaque is: plaques.
- Languages in which plaque is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of plaque
plaque
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- plaque is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
plaque synonyms
Meaning brass:
Meaning a small, flat piece of metal or other material bearing a name or inscription and attached to a door or other object:
Meaning a flat slab of stone, clay, or wood, used especially for an inscription:
Meaning a flat or curved component, typically rectangular, that forms or is set into the surface of a door, wall, or ceiling:
Meaning an object, quality, or event whose presence or occurrence indicates the probable presence or occurrence of something else:
Meaning a piece of jewellery in the shape of a medal, worn as a pendant:
Meaning a small plaque or ornamental tablet:
Meaning a carved tablet or drawing representing a scroll with rolled-up ends, used ornamentally or bearing an inscription:
Translation of plaque
Words that rhyme with plaque
Jicaque, Xicaque, caque, macaque, achaque, demihaque, antiplaque, claque, electroplaque, osteoplaque, Andromaque, Wanaque, medrinaque, Amipaque, Bilopaque, Eldopaque, Hypaque, Isopaque, Omnipaque, Pantopaque, Paque, Telepaque, Tonopaque, Visipaque, mulsopaque, nonopaque, opaque, pantopaque, radiopaque, roentgenopaque, semiopaque, subopaque, ultropaque, unopaque, Braque, pauraque, puraque, casaque, cosaque, Quitaque, pataque, Guaque, Quaque, circumquaque, Zaque
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