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View synonyms for armor plate

armor plate

or armor plating

noun

  1. a plate or plating of specially hardened steel used to cover warships, tanks, aircraft, fortifications, etc., to protect them from enemy fire.


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Other Words From

  • armor·plated adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of armor plate1

First recorded in 1860–65
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Example Sentences

"The skin of his eyelid is like armor plate," Charlie told her.

Mars hissed his breath in and fired a blast of blue-white energy that would have drilled through a foot of armor plate.

These cars were Rolls-Royces, and with their armor-plate weighed between three and three-quarters and four tons.

Although on occasions they tried to use us as tanks, it was not successful, for our armor-plate was too light.

It was always a surprise to see how easy they were to handle in spite of the weight of the armor-plate.

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