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ELECTROPLATE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any artifact that has been plated with a thin coat of metal by electrolysis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("electroplate" is a kind of...):
artefact; artifact (a man-made object taken as a whole)
Derivation:
electroplate (coat with metal by electrolysis)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they electroplate ... he / she / it electroplates
Past simple: electroplated
Past participle: electroplated
-ing form: electroplating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coat with metal by electrolysis
Example:
electroplate the watch
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "electroplate" is one way to...):
plate (coat with a layer of metal)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
electroplate (any artifact that has been plated with a thin coat of metal by electrolysis)
electroplater (a plater who uses electrolysis)
Context examples:
Calcium sulfate is used in electroplating, vacuum tubes, fluorescent screens, analytical chemistry, as a fungicide and as a chemical intermediate to produce cadmium containing pigments and stabilizers.
(Cadmium Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)
