# floorplate

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A (usually metal) plate used as industrial flooring.
2. A horizontal, structural, load-bearing member in platform framing (wooden building framing). Also called bottom plate, sill plate, sole plate or (lower) wall plate.
3. The structural base plate of the floors (storeys) of a building, usually made up of bottom panels, floor panels, floor slabs, paving slabs, hollow core slabs or beams or joists in timber constructions.
4. A specialized glial structure integral to the developing nervous system of vertebrate organisms.

## Etymology
From floor + plate.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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