📖 P — The English dictionary · page 35

planter — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A person who plants seeds, trees or vines, or a machine that does so.↗ Example: Again shalt thou plant vineyards upon the mountains of Samaria; the planters shall plant, and shall have the use thereof.↗ (Prophets JER.31.5, JPS 1917)↗

plantest — Early Modern English, meaning 1: «plantest» means «you plant», a form of «plant».↗ e.g. A plant is a living thing that grows in soil, like a flower, grass or a tree.↗ Most plants are green and make their own food from sunlight.↗ Example: Thou bringest them in, and plantest them in the mountain of Thine inheritance, the place, O LORD, which Thou hast made for Thee to dwell in, the sanctuary, O Lord, which Thy hands have established.↗ (Torah EXO.15.17, JPS 1917)

plaque — Everyday, meaning 1: A soft, sticky film of germs (bacteria) that forms on your teeth and causes tooth decay and gum disease if not brushed away.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A flat piece of metal, stone or wood with writing on it, fixed to a wall to remember a person or event, or given as a prize.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A fatty build-up inside blood vessels (in medicine).↗ Example: Brushing your teeth removes plaque.↗ · Plaque is a sticky layer of germs on your teeth.↗ · The pink tablet showed where plaque was hiding.↗ · Sugary drinks help plaque make holes in your teeth.↗ · A blue plaque says a famous writer lived in this house.↗ · The team got a silver plaque for winning the cup.↗ · There's a plaque on the bridge saying when it was built.↗

plasma — Everyday, meaning 1: (science) The pale yellow liquid part of blood that carries blood cells, food and waste around the body.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (science) A fourth state of matter: a very hot gas in which particles have an electric charge, as in the Sun, lightning and neon signs.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A kind of flat-screen television (a plasma TV or «a plasma»).↗ Example: Plasma is the liquid part of blood.↗ · Red cells float in the plasma.↗ · The Sun is a giant ball of plasma.↗ · Lightning makes plasma for a split second.↗ · Touch the plasma ball and the purple sparks follow your finger.↗ · Grandma still has an old plasma TV.↗ · Some people donate plasma to help patients.↗

plaster — Everyday, meaning 1: In the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, a plaster is a small sticky strip you put over a cut, called a Band-Aid in the USA and Canada.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Plaster is a paste that goes hard when dry, used to make walls and ceilings smooth.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A plaster cast is a hard cover put around a broken arm or leg.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To plaster something is to cover it thickly: plastered with mud.↗ Example: I fell over and Mum put a plaster on my knee.↗ · Wash the cut before you put on a plaster.↗ · The builder smoothed plaster on the wall.↗ · Her broken arm was in plaster for six weeks.↗ · We made a plaster model of a volcano.↗ · My boots were plastered with mud.↗ · Can I have a plaster?↗ I cut my finger.↗ · The posters were plastered all over the wall.↗ · A few minutes after, a Bricklayer passed by, carrying a pail full of plaster on his shoulder.↗ · And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other mortar, and shall plaster the house.↗ (Torah LEV.14.42, JPS 1917)↗ · And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that the stones have been taken out, and after the house hath been scraped, and after it is plastered; (Torah LEV.14.43, JPS 1917)↗ · And it shall be when ye are passed over the Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaster them with plaster.↗ (Torah DEU.27.4, JPS 1917)↗ · And Isaiah said: 'Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover.'↗ (Prophets ISA.38.21, JPS 1917)↗ · And her prophets have daubed for them with whited plaster, seeing falsehood, and divining lies unto them, saying: Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken.↗ (Prophets EZK.22.28, JPS 1917)↗ · Because, even because they have led My people astray, saying: Peace, and there is no peace; and when it buildeth up a slight wall, behold, they daub it with whited plaster; (Prophets EZK.13.10, JPS 1917)↗

plasterer — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A person whose work is to cover walls with plaster.↗ Example: But ye are plasterers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.↗ (Writings JOB.13.4, JPS 1917)↗

plastic — Everyday, meaning 1: A light, strong material made in factories, often from oil, used for bottles, toys and bags.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: As an adjective, made of plastic.↗ e.g. "a plastic cup".↗ Everyday, meaning 3: As an adjective, easy to bend and shape.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (Informal) Credit or bank cards.↗ e.g. "pay with plastic".↗ Example: This bottle is made of plastic.↗ · Plastic does not let electricity through.↗ · Recycle your plastic bottles.↗ · Plastic in the sea can hurt turtles.↗ · Keep plastic bags away from babies.↗ · Lego bricks are plastic.↗ · Plastic takes hundreds of years to break down.↗ · Use a reusable bag instead of a plastic one.↗

plasticine — Everyday, meaning 1: A soft, coloured modelling material like clay that never dries out, used by children to make shapes and models.↗ Example: We made dinosaurs out of plasticine.↗ · Roll the plasticine into a long snake.↗ · A ball of plasticine sinks, but a boat shape floats.↗ · Don't mix all the plasticine colours together!↗ · The animated film was made with plasticine models.↗ · Squash the plasticine to make a cube.↗

plasticity — Everyday, meaning 1: Being able to be shaped or moulded easily and keep the new shape, like clay.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (science) The ability of the brain or a living thing to change and adapt, e.g. when learning something new.↗ Example: Clay has great plasticity, so we can make pots from it.↗ · Brain plasticity means you can get better with practice.↗ · The plasticity of warm wax makes it easy to model.↗ · Children's brains have a lot of plasticity.↗ · Metals like gold have plasticity and can be hammered thin.↗ · The plasticity of the dough let us shape it into animals.↗

plate — Everyday, meaning 1: A plate is a flat dish you put food on.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A plate is a flat thin piece of metal, glass or other hard material: a number plate on a car.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In science, the Earth's surface is made of huge plates that move slowly.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: In baseball, home plate is where the batter stands.↗ Example: Each plate has 4 cookies.↗ · She set 8 plates on the table.↗ · There are 3 plates of 6 sandwiches.↗ · How many plates are needed for 24 cookies?↗ · Please carry your plate to the sink.↗ · Earthquakes happen where the Earth's plates move.↗ · The car's number plate was covered in mud.↗ · He ran to home plate.↗ · I have a lot on my plate this week.↗ · All the plates clattered for joy.↗ · And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and engrave upon it, like the engravings of a signet: HOLY TO THE LORD.↗ (Torah EXO.28.36, JPS 1917)↗ · And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like the engravings of a signet: HOLY TO THE LORD.↗ (Torah EXO.39.30, JPS 1917)↗ · And he set the mitre upon his head; and upon the mitre, in front, did he set the golden plate, the holy crown; as the LORD commanded Moses.↗ (Torah LEV.8.9, JPS 1917)↗ · And on the plates of the stays thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubim, lions, and palm-trees, according to the space of each, with wreaths round about.↗ (Prophets 1KI.7.36, JPS 1917)↗ · Silver beaten into plates which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the craftsman and of the hands of the goldsmith; blue and purple is their clothing; they are all the work of skilful men.↗ (Prophets JER.10.9, JPS 1917)↗

plateau — Everyday, meaning 1: A plateau is a large, flat area of high land, higher than the land around it.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A plateau is a time when something stops going up or down and stays at the same level («Her progress reached a plateau»).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To plateau is to stop growing or improving and stay level.↗ Example: The Tibetan Plateau is the highest in the world.↗ · The village stands on a flat plateau above the valley.↗ · On the graph, the line reaches a plateau after ten minutes.↗ · My reading scores have plateaued this term.↗ · Athletes sometimes hit a plateau in training.↗ · The temperature rose, then plateaued at 100 °C as the water boiled.↗ · Cows grazed on the windy plateau.↗

platelet — Everyday, meaning 1: A tiny piece in your blood that helps it clot (go thick and sticky) to stop bleeding when you are cut.↗ Example: Platelets help your blood clot when you cut your finger.↗ · Blood is made of plasma, red cells, white cells and platelets.↗ · The scab on your knee started with platelets sticking together.↗ · The doctor checked her platelet count.↗ · Platelets are much smaller than red blood cells.↗ · Some people donate platelets to help patients in hospital.↗

platform — Everyday, meaning 1: A platform is the raised flat area next to the tracks at a railway station where people wait for and get on trains.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A platform is any raised flat surface where people stand, like a stage for speakers.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In computers, a platform is a system that programs or games run on, or a website where people share things.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Platform shoes have very thick soles.↗ Example: Our train leaves from platform 2.↗ · Stand behind the yellow line on the platform.↗ · The singer stood on a platform so everyone could see her.↗ · We waited on the cold platform for twenty minutes.↗ · The diver jumped from the high platform.↗ · The game runs on every platform.↗ · An oil platform stands in the sea.↗ · Mind the gap between the train and the platform.↗ · Then the monkey and the hare both hopped out, quickly and nimbly, to the wrestling platform.↗ · Then stood up upon the platform of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the LORD their God.↗ (Writings NEH.9.4, JPS 1917)↗ · And she looked, and, behold, the king stood on the platform, as the manner was, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets.↗ (Prophets 2KI.11.14, JPS 1917)↗

platinum — Everyday, meaning 1: (science) A very valuable silvery-white metal that does not rust and is heavier than gold; its chemical symbol is Pt.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (adjective) Made of platinum: «a platinum ring».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (adjective) Very pale silver-blonde in colour: «platinum blonde».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (music) A «platinum record» is a prize for an album or song that sells a very great number of copies.↗ Example: Platinum is rarer than gold.↗ · Mum's wedding ring is made of platinum.↗ · The singer's album went platinum.↗ · Platinum does not rust or tarnish.↗ · Her hair was dyed platinum blonde.↗ · Platinum is used in parts that clean car exhaust fumes.↗

platonic — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Having to do with the Greek thinker Plato or his ideas, or a friendship that is close but not romantic.↗

platter — Everyday, meaning 1: A platter is a large, flat dish for serving food.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A platter can be anything wide, flat and smooth, like a flat dish.↗ Example: She carried a platter of cakes.↗ · The fish was served on a silver platter.↗ · The land was as flat as a platter.↗

platypus — Everyday, meaning 1: A platypus is an unusual animal from eastern Australia with a duck-like bill, webbed feet, thick fur and a flat tail like a beaver's, which lays eggs.↗ Example: The platypus lives in Australia.↗ · A platypus is a mammal that lays eggs.↗ · The platypus has a bill like a duck.↗ · Platypuses hunt underwater with their eyes shut.↗ · The male platypus has a poisonous spur.↗ · When scientists first saw a platypus, they thought it was a joke.↗

plaudits — Everyday, meaning 1: Plaudits are loud praise or clapping that people give to a performer or a hero.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old use) Plaudits can also mean a shout or call of approval from a crowd.↗ Example: The crowd showered plaudits on the young singer.↗ · The Genius made the wood ring with his plaudits.↗ · Everyone cheered and gave the winner plaudits.↗

plausibility — Everyday, meaning 1: How believable or likely to be true something seems.↗ Example: The detective doubted the plausibility of the thief's excuse.↗ · Check the plausibility of your answer by estimating.↗ · The plausibility of the story made people believe the fake news.↗ · Scientists test an idea, not just its plausibility.↗ · His excuse had some plausibility, but it wasn't true.↗ · The plot lost its plausibility when the dog started flying a plane.↗