electroplate

Other forms: electroplating; electroplated; electroplates

Definitions of electroplate
  1. verb
    coat with metal by electrolysis
    “electroplate the watch”
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    type of:
    plate
    coat with a layer of metal
  2. noun
    any artifact that has been plated with a thin coat of metal by electrolysis
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    type of:
    artefact, artifact
    a man-made object taken as a whole
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