Plate and Rod

Plate

Plate noun - A small thin piece of material that resembles an animal scale.

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Rod and plate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rod" instead a noun "Plate".

Nearby Words: plat, plateful, plated, platter, plating

Rod noun - A heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment.

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Plate and rod are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Plate" instead a noun "Rod".

thick	thick plate	thick rod
full	full plate	full rod
special	special plate	special rod
regular	regular plate	regular rod
Other adjectives: certain, green, single, small, real, large, big, huge, thin, new, final, broken, classic, gigantic, spiked, giant, modern, super.

Duel to the Death: The Duel of Rheton, which is a kind of inverse Tug of War (two people hold a rod and try to push the other onto a high gravity plate).

Source: Film / The Phantom Planet
The most obvious solution is to create a bow and arrow, but creating a fishing rod will also solve the problem (you end up using the hook to activate the plate).

Source: Developers' Foresight
Bill Simmons stands out as "the five fattest NBA players of my lifetime" John "Hot Plate" Williams (the nickname is a deliberate takeoff on John "Hot Rod" Williams), Thomas Hamilton, Robert Traylor and Oliver Miller, most of whom fit the trope despite weight issues.

Source: Acrofatic

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