# plater

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #77,097

## Definitions
1. Someone who plates metal.
2. Someone who installs sheet metal and armour plating, particularly on trains, ships, tanks, and similar items.
3. A machine for calendering paper.
4. A device for depositing cells on a plate.
5. A horse that runs chiefly in selling plates; hence, an inferior racehorse.

## Etymology
From plate + -er.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/plater