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Noun: armor plate  aar-mur pleyt
Usage: US (elsewhere: armour plate)
  1. Specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire
    "The tank's armor plate deflected most of the incoming projectiles";
    - armour plate [Brit, Cdn], armor plating [US], plate armor [US], plate armour [Brit, Cdn], armour plating [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: armor plates

Type of: plate, scale, shell

Encyclopedia: Armor plate