"gold-plate" meaning in English

See gold-plate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: gold-plates [present, singular, third-person], gold-plating [participle, present], gold-plated [participle, past], gold-plated [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} gold-plate (third-person singular simple present gold-plates, present participle gold-plating, simple past and past participle gold-plated)
  1. Alternative spelling of gold plate Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: gold plate
    Sense id: en-gold-plate-en-verb-UxWLdF1G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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