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DictionaryplaqueCommemorative or decorative plate
noun

plaque

PLAK/plæk/

A flat plate displayed as a memorial or decoration.

The bronze plaque bears a commemorative portrait.

A bronze commemorative plaque mounted on a wall bears a raised profile portrait and laurel decoration.
Etymology
plaqueFrenchmetal plate, coin

French plaque meant a metal plate or coin. The English commemorative sense keeps the idea of a flat plate, serving as a surface for decoration or an inscription.

In context

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The plaque is hard to read in places, not because the words have washed away, but because what they say is so hard to believe.
How white supremacists staged the only successful coup in U.S. history

More examples

  • Several plaques lined the wall.
  • She unveiled the plaque.
  • The plaque honored local volunteers.

Forms

plaque · plaques

Similar words

tablet
A flat inscribed piece without necessarily commemorative purpose.
marker
Can identify a site without an engraved plate.