Plaque \Plaque\, n. [F. Cf. Plack, and see Placard.]
Any flat, thin piece of metal, clay, ivory, or the like, used
for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a slab,
plate, dish, or the like, hung upon a wall; also, a smaller
decoration worn on the person, as a brooch.
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plaque
noun1: (pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body
2: a memorial made of brass [syn: brass, memorial tablet, plaque]
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