Synonyms of the word plaque


PLAQUEBRASS - DAPPLE - FLECK - MACULATION - MEMORIAL - MONUMENT - PATCH - SPECKLE - SPOT

plaque

  • n. Any flat, thin piece of metal, clay, ivory, or the like, used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon,…
  • n. A piece of flat metal with a writing on it, attached to a building to remind people of a person or an…
  • n. Any flat, thin musical instrument.
  • n. (uncountable) An accumulation of biofilm, or bacteria on teeth.
  • n. (uncountable, medicine) Atheroma, an accumulation in artery walls made up of macrophage cells and debris…
  • n. (biology) A clearing in a bacterial lawn caused by a virus.

brass

  • n. (uncountable) A metallic alloy of copper and zinc used in many industrial and plumbing applications.
  • n. (countable, music) A class of wind instruments, usually made of metal (such as brass), that use vibrations…
  • n. Spent shell casings (usually made of brass); the part of the cartridge left over after bullets have been…
  • n. (uncountable) The colour of brass.
  • n. (uncountable, used as a singular or plural noun, military, metonymically) High-ranking officers.
  • n. (uncountable, informal) A brave or foolhardy attitude.
  • n. (slang, dated) Money.
  • n. Inferior composition.
  • adj. Made of brass, of or pertaining to brass.
  • adj. Of the colour of brass.
  • adj. (informal) Impertinent, bold: brazen.
  • adj. (slang) Bad, annoying; as wordplay applied especially to brass instruments.
  • adj. Of inferior composition.
  • v. to coat with brass.
  • n. (uncountable, slang) Brass in pocket; money.
  • n. (countable, slang) A brass nail; a prostitute.
  • adj. (slang) Brass monkey; cold.

dapple

  • n. A mottled marking, usually in clusters.
  • n. An animal with a mottled or spotted skin or coat.
  • adj. Having a mottled or spotted skin or coat, dappled.
  • v. To mark or become marked with mottling or spots.

fleck

  • n. A flake.
  • n. A lock, as of wool.
  • n. A small spot or streak; a speckle.
  • v. (transitive) To mark with small spots.

maculation

  • n. (Shakespearian) The act of spotting; a spot; a blemish. See immaculate.

memorial

  • n. A structure, such as a monument, intended to celebrate the memory of a person or event.
  • n. A service of remembrance or commemoration.
  • n. (law) a statement of facts set out in the form of a petition to a person in authority, a court or tribunal,…
  • adj. Serving as a remembrance of someone or something; commemorative.
  • adj. Contained in the memory.
  • adj. Mnemonic; assisting the memory.

monument

  • n. A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.
  • n. An important site owned by the community as a whole.
  • n. An exceptional or proud achievement.
  • n. An important burial vault or tomb.
  • n. A legal document.
  • n. A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).

patch

  • n. A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen…
  • n. A small piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
  • n. A repair intended to be used for a limited time; (differs from previous usage in that it is intended to…
  • n. A small, usually contrasting but always somehow different or distinct, part of something else (location,…
  • n. (specifically) A small area, a small plot of land or piece of ground.
  • n. An area of professional responsibility.
  • n. A small piece of black silk stuck on the face or neck to heighten beauty; an imitation beauty mark.
  • n. (medicine) A piece of material used to cover a wound.
  • n. (medicine) An adhesive piece of material, impregnated with a drug, which is worn on the skin; the drug…
  • n. (medicine) A cover worn over a damaged eye, an eyepatch.
  • n. A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
  • n. (computing) A patch file, a file used for input to a patch program or that describes changes made to a…
  • n. A small piece of material that is manually passed through a gun barrel to clean it.
  • n. A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
  • n. (often patch cable, patch cord, etc.; see also patch panel) A cable connecting two pieces of electrical…
  • n. A sound setting for a musical synthesizer (originally selected by means of a patch cable).
  • v. To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
  • v. To mend with pieces; to repair by fastening pieces on.
  • v. To make out of pieces or patches, like a quilt.
  • v. To join or unite the pieces of; to patch the skirt.
  • v. A temporary, removable electronic connection, as one between two components in a communications system.
  • v. (generally with the particle "up") To repair or arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner.
  • v. (computing) To make the changes a patch describes; to apply a patch to the files in question. Hence.
  • v. To connect two pieces of electrical equipment using a cable.
  • n. (archaic) A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.

speckle

  • n. A small spot or speck on the skin, plumage or foliage.
  • n. (physics) The random distribution of light when it is scattered by a rough surface.
  • v. To mark with speckles.

spot

  • n. A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally…
  • n. A stain or disfiguring mark.
  • n. A pimple, papule or pustule.
  • n. A small, unspecified amount or quantity.
  • n. (slang, US) A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.
  • n. A location or area.
  • n. A parking space.
  • n. (sports) An official determination of placement.
  • n. A bright lamp; a spotlight.
  • n. (US, advertising) A brief advertisement or program segment on television.
  • n. Difficult situation; predicament.
  • n. (gymnastics, dance, weightlifting) One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist…
  • n. (soccer) Penalty spot.
  • n. The act of spotting or noticing something.
  • n. A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above the beak.
  • n. A food fish (Leiostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States, with a black spot behind…
  • n. The southern redfish, or red horse (Sciaenops ocellatus), which has a spot on each side at the base of…
  • n. (in the plural, brokers' slang, dated) Commodities, such as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate…
  • n. An autosoliton.
  • n. (finance) A decimal point; point.
  • v. (transitive) To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.
  • v. (finance) To loan a small amount of money to someone.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To stain; to leave a spot (on).
  • v. To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.
  • v. (gymnastics, dance, weightlifting, climbing) To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist…
  • v. (dance) To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.
  • v. To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation.
  • v. To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.
  • v. To place an object at a location indicated by a spot. Notably in billiards or snooker.
  • adj. (commerce) Available on the spot; on hand for immediate payment or delivery.

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