Key
Key noun - An explanatory list of the symbols on a map or chart.
Plate
Plate noun - Something that visually explains or decorates a text.
Usage example: the book's color plate illustrates the internal organs of the human body
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Synonyms for Plate
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| old | old key | old plate |
| valuable | valuable key | valuable plate |
| special | special key | special plate |
| similar | similar key | similar plate |
| Other adjectives: corresponding, normal, certain, standard, original, single, simple, small, actual, real, large, big, white, new, unique, final, extra, gigantic, left, last, giant, red. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- Descending Ceiling: Arlene has to recover a key card left under a giant smashing plate.
Source: Literature / Doom - The classic "suit of armor" — metal plate over the entire body — didn't reach the form depicted in most famous works of art until the 15th century, a key development of the The Late Middle Ages.
Source: Newer Than They Think -
Many pictograms of telephones are also hopelessly out of date, ranging from the depiction of just the phone receiver, which looks a bit too clunky for today's standards, over the "classical" key phone with the receiver sitting on top like a torero hat, to the same design, but with a dial plate.
Source: Technology Marches On
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Key & Plate. N.p., 2016. Web. 03 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/key/plate>.
Plate or Key. 2016. Accessed August 03, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/key/plate.
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