PLAQUE


Meaning of PLAQUE in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

commemorative

There a commemorative plaque was unveiled by Connolly's son, Roddy Connolly.

Find the rebuilt shop near the sea with its commemorative plaque .

■ NOUN

brass

A simple brass plaque spelt out Brook Advisory Clinic.

They were tough-looking Feldgendarmen, military policemen, with big brass plaques on their chests.

The double plinth features a brass plaque commemorating the 1990 Restoration Project.

■ VERB

present

It's an honour to be able to present her with a plaque .

unveil

There Charles went solo again, unveiling a plaque - which bore both their names - as Diana stood meekly behind him.

She officially unveiled a carved plaque to commemorate the centenary last year of the death of poet Richard Watson.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Near the door was a bronze plaque which told of the building's historic past.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Many patients habitually use one or two sites and develop hard subcutaneous plaques or disfiguring insulin hypertrophy.

On each door is a bronze plaque , etched with an indistinct mask-like face.

On the brown walls of corrugated metal a plaque commemorated it as the former home of James Fenimore Cooper.

The form of the Minoan town house is known from several ivory and faience plaques depicting house elevations.

These substances can contribute to plaque buildup in the coronary arteries.

Underneath was a rock with a brass plaque riveted to it.

We asked our architect to consider the practicality of cleaning the stonework and re-locating the plaque .

You can't stop plaque forming but you can prevent it taking a hold by removing it every day.

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