platelike
- adjective
- /ˈpleɪtlaɪk/
:
en forma de placa
- The fish had a platelike body, allowing it to glide smoothly through the water.
- platelike forms
Examples
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With our flashlights, we had seen them on previous nights—the size of small children—their platelike, scaled bodies floating through tunnels of seaweed.
Fiction book (1991) -
The base of the dome was littered with rubble, platelike stone fragments that had apparently cracked off the upper reaches.
Fiction book (1999) -
The archaeologist uncovered a platelike artifact that resembled a thin, flat disc from ancient times.
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The leaves of the plant were platelike, creating a unique aesthetic in the garden.
Synonyms
Having thin flat layers that look like plates
Thin and flat like a sheet
A thin layer that forms on a surface
Thin, flat, and very crisp like a cookie
Having small flat parts that cover a fish or insect body
How Plate-Like
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Platelike comes from the simple parts plate and -like, where plate means a 'flat dish' and -like means 'similar to'. So platelike describes something thin and flat, like a dinner plate.