PLATEN as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • the roller on a typewriter against which the keys strike
    Hypernyms(s) platen is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • the flat plate of a printing press that presses the paper against the type
    Hypernyms(s) platen is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  3. Meaning
    • work table of a machine tool
    Hypernyms(s) platen is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower