Etymology

From base +‎ plateCategory:English compound terms#BASEPLATE.

Noun

baseplate (plural baseplates)Category:English lemmas#BASEPLATECategory:English nouns#BASEPLATECategory:English countable nouns#BASEPLATECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BASEPLATECategory:Pages with entries#BASEPLATECategory:Pages with 1 entry#BASEPLATE

1. A solid piece of material that has enough strength and sturdiness to serve as the surface to which other things are attached to be supported.
2. (rail transportCategory:en:Rail transportation#BASEPLATE) Synonym of tie plate.
   • 1964 July, “Prince Philip opens the new BR Research Laboratories at Derby”, in Modern Railways, page 24:

     Baseplates are inserted between rail and sleeper to measure the dynamic loads which are being imposed; […] .

     Category:English terms with quotations#BASEPLATE

Verb

baseplate (third-person singular simple present baseplates, present participle baseplating, simple past and past participle baseplated)Category:English lemmas#BASEPLATECategory:English verbs#BASEPLATECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BASEPLATECategory:Pages with entries#BASEPLATECategory:Pages with 1 entry#BASEPLATE

1. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BASEPLATE) To fit with a baseplate.
2. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BASEPLATE, USCategory:American English#BASEPLATE, logisticsCategory:en:Logistics#BASEPLATE) To provide (the vehicles within a fleet) with license plates registered as a batch in a particular state.

References

• “baseplate”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• pasteable