plate armor vs plate

plate vs plate armor

plate armor and plate both are nouns.

plate armor is not a verb while plate is a verb.

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

As nouns, plate is a hypernym of plate armor; that is, plate is a word with a broader meaning than plate armor:

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

Other hypernyms of plate armor include scale, shell.

plate armor (noun)	plate (noun)
specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire	dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
a historical type of personal armor made from iron or steel plates, which superseded mail during the 14th century.	a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
	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 armor (verb)	plate (verb)
	coat with a layer of metal

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