Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In founding, a thin flask or box used in molding plates or very f bin, flat pieces. Also called
plate-flask . - noun A grooved box of appropriate size, for holding photographic plates or finished negatives.
- noun A box especially designed to exclude light when closed, for the safe-keeping of photographic dry plates when removed from the manufacturer's package; a safety-box.
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Examples
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In a camera plate-box was a rose, faded and crumbly, a chip-diamond ring, a bangle bracelet, a woman's glove and a photograph.
In Our Town William Allen White 1906
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"Now, where in this world am I to open my plate-box, I'd like to know?"
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