plaque
Other forms: plaques
A plaque is a sign that memorializes a person or event, such as the plaque on a building noting the person it's named after or the year it was built.
Plaque comes from the French word for "plate," meaning not a dinner plate, but a little brass or tin plate that can be mounted on a wall. If you take a tour of Civil War battlefields, you'll find that historical societies often use plaques to commemorate soldiers or particular events. Plaque is also a hard buildup in the body, like the plaque on your teeth that the dentist likes to scrape off.
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a memorial made of brasssynonyms: brass, memorial tablet
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(pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the bodytypes:amyloid plaque, amyloid protein plaquea plaque consisting of tangles of amyloid protein in nervous tissue (a pathological mark of Alzheimer's disease)arterial plaquea fatty deposit inside an arterial wall; characteristic of atherosclerosisbacterial plaque, dental plaquea film of mucus and bacteria deposited on the teeth that encourages the development of dental caries
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a soft, sticky film of bacteria that forms on teeth
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Harry can't wait to return for his second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, until a house elf named Dobby warns him of terrible danger ahead. When students start turning to stone — and Harry is a prime suspect — the boy wizard must figure out what's really going on at Hogwarts.
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