backplate
(noun) plate armor protecting the back; worn as part of a cuirass
Source: WordNet® 3.1
backplate (plural backplates)
A plate protecting a fighting person's back.
(underwater diving) A plate harnessed to a diver's back, to which the gas cylinders are attached.
A metal plate on the rear of a computer's casing, used to cover a port or slot.
A wood or metal plate that serves as a backing for an object.
(UK, automotive) A rigid metal plate inside the brake drum, which supports the wheel cylinder, brake shoes, and other parts of a drum brake.
Part of a condenser microphone that sits behind the diaphragm and which acts, in conjunction with the diaphragm, as a sort of variable capacitor.
Source: Wiktionary
Back"piece`, Back"plate`, n. Etym: [Back,n.or a. + piece, plate. ]
Definition: A piece, or plate which forms the back of anything, or which covers the back; armor for the back.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 June 2025
(adjective) having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor); “allergic children”; “hypersensitive to pollen”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
