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baseplatenounA solid piece of material that has enough strength and sturdiness to serve as the surface to which other things are attached to be supported.
pole platenounAny of various plates used to secure an attachment to a pole.
cross-tienoun(rail transport) A sleeper supporting and connecting the rails, and holding them in place.
footplatenoun(rail transport) The metal plate which forms the base platform of a steam locomotive and supports the boiler and the driver's cab, particularly in the United Kingdom.
dead platenoun(engineering) A solid covering over a part of a fire grate, to prevent the entrance of air through that part.
floorplatenounA horizontal, structural, load-bearing member in platform framing (wooden building framing). Also called bottom plate, sill plate, sole plate or (lower) wall plate.
bridging platenounA metal plate used to bridge a gap between a lorry or truck and a loading bay (or between two vehicles) for loading and unloading purposes.
throatplatenounA plate forming the lower front of the outer firebox of a locomotive boiler, below the barrel.
track panelnoun(rail transport) An assembled section of railway track.
joint barnoun(rail transport, US) A fishplate.
roof-platenoun(construction) A wall plate that receives the lower ends of the rafters of a roof.
roofplatenounAlternative form of roof-plate. [(construction) A wall plate that receives the lower ends of the rafters of a roof.]
buffernoun(computing) A portion of memory set aside to temporarily store data, often before it is sent to an external device or as it is received from an external device.
rail tracknounSynonym of railroad track.
wallplatenounAlternative form of wall plate. [(construction) A piece of timber laid horizontally in or on a wall as a support for a girder, rafter, or joist.]
wall platenoun(construction) A piece of timber laid horizontally in or on a wall as a support for a girder, rafter, or joist.
trap pointsnoun(rail transport, UK) A set of facing points at the end of a crossing loop or side track parallel to a mainline which will direct a train into a sand drag if the signal on that line is passed at danger, thus preventing the train running onto the main line.
rail jointnoun(rail transport) A join between two rails in a railway track placed end to end; the rails are joined by fishplates where joints are not welded.
flat junctionnoun(rail transport) An at-grade junction between two crossing railroad tracks.
tramrailnounA street railway laid in the streets of a town or city, or an interurban railway for local traffic, on which cable cars, or trolley cars, etc., are used, in distinction from an extended railway line for trains.

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