floorplate

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Synonyms: floor plate, footplate, floorplan, doorplate

Antonyms: floor plate, footplate, floorplan, doorplate

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Noun

1. A (usually metal) [[plate]] used as [[industrial]] [[flooring]].
2. A horizontal, structural, load-bearing member in ''[[platform framing]]'' ([[timber framing|wooden building framing]]). Also called ''bottom plate'', ''sill plate'', ''sole plate'' or ''(lower) [[wall plate]]''.{{wp|Wall plate}}
3. The structural [[base plate]] of the floors ([[storey]]s) of a building, usually made up of [[bottom panel]]s, [[floor panel]]s, [[floor slab]]s, [[paving slab]]s, [[hollow core slab]]s or [[beam]]s or [[joist]]s in [[timber framing|timber constructions]].
4. {{lb|en|biology}} A specialized [[glial]] [[structure]] integral to the developing [[nervous system]] of [[vertebrate]] [[organism]]s.

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