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1 : an ornamental brooch

2 : a flat thin piece (as of metal) used for decoration; also : a commemorative tablet

3 : a bacteria-containing film on a tooth

1plash noun : SPLASH

— plash verb

2plash verb 1 : to cause a splashing or spattering effect

2 : to splash with a liquid or with any wet substance

Synonyms

[1] lap, slosh, splash, swash—more at SLOSH

[2] dash, spatter, splash—more at SPLASH

plas·ma noun 1 : the fluid part of blood, lymph, or milk

2 : a gas composed of ionized particles

— plas·mat·ic adjective

1plaster noun 1 : a dressing consisting of a backing spread with an often medicated substance that clings to the skin

2 : a paste that hardens as it dries and is used for coating walls and ceilings

2plaster verb : to cover with or as if with plaster

— plas·ter·er noun

plas·ter·board noun : DRYWALL

plaster of par·is often cap 2d P : a white powder made from gypsum and used as a quick-setting paste with water for casts and molds

1plastic adjective [ORIGIN: L plasticus of molding, fr. Gk plastikos, fr. plassein to mold, form]

1 : capable of being molded <~ clay>

2 : characterized by or using modeling <~ arts>

3 : made or consisting of a plastic

— plas·tic·i·ty noun

2plastic noun : a plastic substance; especially : a synthetic or processed material that can be formed into rigid objects or into films or filaments

plastic surgery noun : surgery to repair, restore, or improve lost, injured, defective, or misshapen body parts

— plastic surgeon noun

1plat noun 1 : a small plot of ground

2 : a plan of a piece of land with actual or proposed features (as lots)

Synonyms

[1, 2] lot, parcel, plot, property, tract—more at LOT

2plat verb plat·ted; plat·ting : to make a plat of

1plate noun 1 : a flat thin piece of material

2 : domestic hollowware made of or plated with gold, silver, or base metals

3 : DISH

4 : HOME PLATE

5 : the molded metal or plastic cast of a page of type to be printed from

6 : a sheet of glass or plastic coated with a chemical sensitive to light and used in photography

7 : the part of a denture that fits to the mouth; also : DENTURE

8 : something printed from an engraving

9 : a huge mobile segment of the earth's crust

10 : a full-page illustration often on different paper from the text pages

Synonyms

diagram, figure, graphic, illustration—more at ILLUSTRATION

2plate verb plat·ed; plat·ing 1 : to overlay with metal (as gold or silver)

2 : to make a printing plate of

pla·teau noun, plural plateaus or pla·teaux [ORIGIN: F]

: a large level area of high land

Synonyms

mesa, table, tableland; also butte, dome, height, highland, upland

plate glass noun : rolled, ground, and polished sheet glass

plate·let noun : a minute flattened body; especially : a minute colorless disklike body of mammalian blood that assists in blood clotting

plat·en noun 1 : a flat plate; especially : one that exerts or receives pressure (as in a printing press)

2 : the roller of a typewriter or printer

plate tectonics noun 1 : a theory in geology that the lithosphere is divided into plates at the boundaries of which much of earth's seismic activity occurs

2 : the process and dynamics of tectonic plate movement

plat·form noun 1 : a raised flooring or stage for speakers, performers, or workers

2 : a declaration of the principles on which a group of persons (as a political party) stands

Synonyms

dais, podium, rostrum, stage, stand; also altar, pulpit; balcony

plat·ing noun : a coating of metal plates or plate

plat·i·num noun : a heavy grayish white metallic chemical element

plat·i·tude noun : a flat or trite remark

— plat·i·tu·di·nous adjective

Synonyms

banality, cliché, commonplace, shibboleth—more at COMMONPLACE

pla·ton·ic love noun, often cap P : a close relationship between two persons without sexual desire

pla·toon noun [ORIGIN: F peloton small detachment, lit., ball, fr. pelote little ball]

1 : a subdivision of a company-size military unit