ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Backplate

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

Meaning

A plate protecting a fighting person's back..

A plate protecting a fighting person's back.
(underwater diving) A plate harnessed to a diver's back, to which the gas cylinders are attached.
The metal plate on the rear of a computer's casing, where the ports are found.
A wood or metal (or glass, etc) plate that serves as a backing for an object.
(UK, automotive) A rigid metal plate inside the brake drum, which supports the wheel cylinder, brake shoes, and other parts of a drum brake.
Part of a condenser microphone that sits behind the diaphragm and which acts, in conjunction with the diaphragm, as a sort of variable capacitor.

The cuirass of Roman muscled type is composed of an anatomically modeled breastplate and backplate, each made in one with a gorget […]

Use backplate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

Backplate means A plate protecting a fighting person's back..

The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.

The opposite depends on the specific sense.

The cuirass of Roman muscled type is composed of an anatomically modeled breastplate and backplate, each made in one with a gorget […]

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A plate protecting a fighting person's back.

(underwater diving) A plate harnessed to a diver's back, to which the gas cylinders are attached.

The metal plate on the rear of a computer's casing, where the ports are found.

A wood or metal (or glass, etc) plate that serves as a backing for an object.

(UK, automotive) A rigid metal plate inside the brake drum, which supports the wheel cylinder, brake shoes, and other parts of a drum brake.

Part of a condenser microphone that sits behind the diaphragm and which acts, in conjunction with the diaphragm, as a sort of variable capacitor.

Frequently Asked Questions

Backplate means A plate protecting a fighting person's back..

The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.

The opposite depends on the specific sense.

The cuirass of Roman muscled type is composed of an anatomically modeled breastplate and backplate, each made in one with a gorget […]

FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0

Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.