plating

noun

plat·​ing ˈplā-tiŋ 

1

: the act or process of plating

2

a

: a coating of metal plates

b

: a thin coating of metal

Examples of plating in a Sentence

spoons covered in silver plating

Recent Examples on the Web

Gómez, also the host of a popular radio show, survived the attack thanks to his Jeep’s armored plating and bulletproof glass — precautions deemed necessary by some journalists in one of the most dangerous nations in the world for media workers. —Alex Riggins, The Mercury News, 28 June 2024

Art direction, photography and plating can speak to the zeitgeist of how to eat and entertain today—or better yet, shift it. —Hazlitt, 26 June 2024

Chrome plating has become a much more difficult and expensive process in recent years as regulators push for safer and cleaner practices. —Bradley Brownell / Jalopnik, Quartz, 17 June 2024

Each dish feels wholly French — fine sauces, exquisite plating, a rainbow garden of microgreens and tweezered blossoms — but those in the know will find the Vietnamese inherent in each. —Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 20 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

plating

noun

plat·​ing

ˈplāt-iŋ

1

: the act or process of covering especially with metal plate

2

: a coating of metal plates or plate

armor plating

the plating wore off the spoons

Medical Definition

plating

noun

plat·​ing ˈplāt-iŋ 

1

: the spreading of a sample of cells or microorganisms on a nutrient medium in a petri dish

2

: the immobilization of a fractured bone by securing a metal plate to it