1 [C] a flat piece of stone, metal, etc., usually with a name and dates on, attached to a wall in memory of a person or an event:
A bronze plaque marks the house where the poet was born.
2 [U] a soft substance that forms on teeth and encourages the growth of harmful bacteria:
Remove plaque by brushing your teeth regularly.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for plaque is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is plaque a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, plaque is tagged as noun.
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