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Platen has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

work table of a machine tool

2

the flat plate of a printing press that presses the paper against the type

3

the roller on a typewriter against which the keys strike

4

The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
table plate roller
Rhyming Words
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