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a herbaceous border along the south wall of the garden. 6
implant, establish, root, fix, ingrain, lodge, instil,
insinuate, inject, introduce, impress, imprint: Who planted the
idea in your mind that you were a gifted writer? 7 place, put,
position, station, assign, situate: Watch-towers are planted at
50-foot intervals around the prison. 8 hide, secrete, conceal:
The company has planted detectives in the store to watch out for
shoplifters.
planter n. flowerpot, cache-pot: He poured the drugged wine into a
nearby planter.
plaque n. 1 tablet, medallion, plate, panel, marker, slab, plaquette:
The plaque on the house marks it as the birthplace of Thomas
Carlyle. 2 badge, brooch, pin, patch, medallion, medal,
insignia or insigne: The plaque shows him to be a member of the
Royal Yacht Squadron. 3 prize, honour, award, trophy: At the
annual dinner, she was presented with a plaque to mark her many
years of service.
plaster v. smear, daub, bedaub, spread, coat, cover, overlay,
superimpose: The mud was plastered all over my boots. They
plastered the walls with posters.
plastic adj. 1 mouldable, shapable or shapeable, fictile, soft,
malleable, workable, ductile, flexible, soft, pliant, supple,
pliable, clayey, waxy: The clay must be worked into the desired
form while it is still plastic. 2 impressionable, receptive,
open, persuadable or persuasible, susceptible, tractable,
compliant, responsive, manageable, unformed, inexperienced: One
encounters the children at an age when their minds and
personalities are still plastic enough to be influenced. 3
artificial, synthetic, imitation, fake, counterfeit, ersatz,
paste, bogus, meretricious, sham; cheap, pinchbeck, shoddy;
Colloq phoney or US also phony, crummy, US chintzy: She was
wearing a tawdry plastic brooch.
plate n. 1 platter, dish, Archaic trencher, charger: I left the cold
mashed potato on my plate. 2 course, serving, portion, dish,
platter: I ordered their speciality, a plate of spaghetti. 3
layer, leaf, sheet, pane, panel, lamina, slab: In the
condenser, insulation separates the thin metal plates. 4
coating, coat, plating, layer, lamination: The plate on our