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  • 1short plate — noun : the shortest leaf of a leaf spring …

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  • 2Plate steak — The plate cut (also known as the short plate) is from the front belly of the cow, just below the rib cut. The short plate produces types of steak such as the skirt steak and the hanger steak. It is typically a cheap, tough and fatty meat …

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  • 3plate — [plāt] n. [OFr, flat object < fem. of plat, flat < VL * plattus < Gr platys, broad, flat: see PLATY ] 1. a smooth, flat, relatively thin piece of metal or other material 2. a sheet of metal made by beating, rolling, or casting 3. a) any… …

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  • 4plate tectonics — plate tectonic, adj. Geol. a theory of global tectonics in which the lithosphere is divided into a number of crustal plates, each of which moves on the plastic asthenosphere more or less independently to collide with, slide under, or move past… …

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  • 5Plate lunch — (Hawaiian: pa mea ai ) is a syncretic menu item that is part of local cuisine of Hawaii. The standard plate lunch consists of two scoops of white rice, a scoop of macaroni salad (taken by an ice cream scooper), and a meat entree. Many plate lunch …

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  • 6Short-tailed Emerald — Poortman s Emerald Hummingbird male center, female above right John Gould, 1860 Conservation status …

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  • 7Short ribs — are a popular cut of beef. Beef short ribs are larger and usually more tender and meatier than their pork counterpart, pork spare ribs. According to Hormel Foods [http://www.hormel.com/templates/knowledge/knowledge.asp?catitemid=22 id=341] ,… …

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  • 8short ribs — pl.n. the rib ends of beef from the forequarter, next to the plate * * * …

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  • 9short ribs — pl.n. the rib ends of beef from the forequarter, next to the plate …

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  • 10Plate girder bridge — BridgeTypePix type name = Plate Girder Bridge image title = Deck type sibling names = Trestle, truss bridge, moon bridge descendent names = Leaf bascule, Tubular bridge ancestor names = Beam bridge carries = Pedestrians, automobiles, trucks,… …

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