plaque

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  1. noun A flat plate, slab, or disk that is ornamented or engraved for mounting, as on a wall for decoration or on a monument for information.
  2. noun A small pin or brooch worn as an ornament or a badge of membership.
  3. noun Pathology A small disk-shaped formation or growth; a patch.
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  • For that I won a big old plaque -- Man of the Year in Education. —  Bill Strickland makes change with a slide show
  • Flush underneath this plaque was another, which read MADAME VEUVE CORDIER ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS Here, too, there was an arrow pointing to the steps, but this time accompanied by the words second floor. —  Maigret and the Loner - Georges Simenon - 101
  • A plaque which is being prepared by our best artisans will be placed here, to remind us daily of what we owe him. —  The African Quest
  • What someone did with an ugly sculpture's name plaque was beyond comprehension. —  Drop Shot by Harlen Coben
  • Inscribed in the plaque was a poem that began with a few simple words, and I quote: "So as to strengthen the friendship between the two countries." —  Taylor Marsh
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  1. French, from Old French, metal plate, perhaps from Middle Dutch placke, disk, patch.

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  1. from French plaque, a plate (of metal), slab, badge, patch, ticket, etc.: see plack.
 

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