brass plate
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbrassandplate
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brass
adjective[before noun]
uk/brɑːs/us/bræs/
(of a musical instrument) made of metal and played ...
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plate
noun
uk/pleɪt/us/pleɪt/
a flat, usually round dish with a slightly raised edge that you eat from or serve ...
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(Definition ofbrassandplatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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He might, however, have his military dog-tag; he would therefore have his military number and possibly his name on thebrassplatearound his neck.
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What is on thebrassplate?
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In many cases an agent or a traveller of a foreign firm puts abrassplateon his door and becomes an independent business, to whom the goods are consigned.
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If a professional man put abrassplateon his front door and the room became a separate hereditament, that would be a different situation altogether.
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The copper mirror is supported by a thickbrassplate, to the underside of which is glued an electrical heater.
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The experiment was commenced by opening a valve to allow the coolant to pass through thebrassplate.
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Abrassplateformed the roof of the container and was cooled by pumping a mixture of ethylene glycol and water through its interior.
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The thinbrassplatewas located about in. below the nozzle orifice.
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The mushy layer consisted of a large number of intersecting plate-like ice crystals growing away from thebrassplateand lying in approximately vertical planes.
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I think it is a little unfair to cite thisbrassplatebusiness as if it were used all the time.
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We have heard a great deal of "brassplate" devices, whereby the investment grant might be effectively siphoned off to foreign companies.
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They said that ourbrassplatewas the wrong size.
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As one would expect, it provides the usual tax advantages for non-residents who wish to use it as abrassplateaddress.
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It is certainly not abrassplateoperation at all.
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With this method thebrassplatecompany, if any have been set up or are likely to be set up, is completely under control.
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There is no doubt that the "brassplate" company will be denied that consent.
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The business of thebrassplatewas quoted by the three speakers.
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You have only to put up abrassplate, and you are publicly carrying on business.
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We were retold the story of the architect with thebrassplate.
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