ZebraWords.com - The Definition of 'Plaque', Synonyms of 'Plaque' & More on 'Plaque'

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

plaque
    n 1: (pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body
    2: a memorial made of brass [syn: brass, memorial tablet,
       plaque]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Plaque \Plaque\, n. [F. Cf. Plack, and see Placard.]
   Any flat, thin piece of metal, clay, ivory, or the like, used
   for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a slab,
   plate, dish, or the like, hung upon a wall; also, a smaller
   decoration worn on the person, as a brooch.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Plaque:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

arch, award, badge, barrow, boundary stone, brass, brooch, bust, cairn, cenotaph, column, cromlech, cross, cup, cyclolith, dolmen, footstone, grave, gravestone, headstone, hoarstone, honor, inscription, insignia, marker, mausoleum, medal, medallion, megalith, memento, memorial, memorial arch, memorial column, memorial statue, memorial stone, menhir, monolith, monument, mound, necrology, obelisk, obituary, panel, patch, pillar, pin, plaquette, plate, prize, pyramid, reliquary, remembrance, ribbon, rostral column, shaft, shrine, slab, stela, stone, stupa, tablet, testimonial, tomb, tombstone, tope, trophy

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