Plater (Noun)
Meaning
A skilled worker who coats articles with a film of metal (usually silver or gold).
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The plater carefully applied a thin layer of gold to the intricate designs on the vase.
- To become a skilled plater, one must complete an apprenticeship and learn various techniques.
- The company hired a plater to give its new line of cutlery a sleek, silver finish.
- As a plater, she spent most of her day coating delicate jewelry pieces with a layer of 24-karat gold.
- The experienced plater showed the apprentice how to electroplate a copper base with a thin layer of silver.