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Definition of fishplate in English: fishplatenounˈfɪʃpleɪtˈfɪʃˌpleɪt 1A flat piece of metal used to connect adjacent rails in a railway track. Example sentencesExamples - The derailment had happened when the flange of a wheel struck one half of a broken fishplate - a metal plate which holds sections of track together.
- The junior railway minister embellished the story, saying that the fishplates holding the track together had been removed.
- 1.1 A flat piece of metal with ends like a fish's tail, used to position masonry.
Example sentencesExamples - Their two-page report pointed out that, even though a number of nuts and bolts were missing, the fishplates were intact.
Definition of fishplate in US English: fishplatenounˈfɪʃˌpleɪtˈfiSHˌplāt 1A flat piece of metal used to connect adjacent rails in a railroad track. Example sentencesExamples - The derailment had happened when the flange of a wheel struck one half of a broken fishplate - a metal plate which holds sections of track together.
- The junior railway minister embellished the story, saying that the fishplates holding the track together had been removed.
- 1.1 A flat piece of metal with ends like a fish's tail, used to position masonry.
Example sentencesExamples - Their two-page report pointed out that, even though a number of nuts and bolts were missing, the fishplates were intact.
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