Meaning & use
plated
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Covered with a thin layer of metal, or, of food, arranged attractively on a plate before serving.
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The bracelet is gold-plated rather than solid gold.
The chef carefully plated each dessert with a drizzle of raspberry sauce.
A note on using this word
'Plated' can describe a metal coating, as in gold-plated jewelry, or, in cooking, the act of arranging food for presentation.
Words with a similar meaning
coatedlayered
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To arrange food attractively on a plate before serving.
The dish was plated with precision at the fine-dining restaurant.
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