floorplate (English, noun)
expansion: floorplate (plural floorplates)
Senses:
glosses: A (usually metal) plate used as industrial flooring.
glosses: A horizontal, structural, load-bearing member in platform framing (wooden building framing). Also called bottom plate, sill plate, sole plate or (lower) wall plate.
glosses: The structural base plate of the floors (storeys) of a building, usually made up of bottom panels, floor panels, floor slabs, paving slabs, hollow core slabs or beams or joists in timber constructions.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A specialized glial structure integral to the developing nervous system of vertebrate organisms.
Forms:
form: floorplates
tags: plural
form: floor plate
tags: alternative