plate vs plate armor

plate armor vs plate

plate and plate armor both are nouns.

plate is a verb but plate armor is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
plate	Yes	No	Yes	No
plate armor	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, plate armor is a hyponym of plate; that is, plate armor is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than plate:

plate: a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
plate armor: specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire

Other hyponyms of plate include armor plate, armor plating, armour plate, plate armour, horseshoe, shoe, shell plating.

plate (noun)	plate armor (noun)
dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten	specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire
a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)	a historical type of personal armor made from iron or steel plates, which superseded mail during the 14th century.
a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
a shallow receptacle for collection in church
(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
any flat platelike body structure or part
a main course served on a plate
the thin under portion of the forequarter
a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
the quantity contained in a plate

plate (verb)	plate armor (verb)
coat with a layer of metal

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