platen
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(noun) the roller on a typewriter against which the keys strike |
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Related Words: roll, roller |
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(noun) the flat plate of a printing press that presses the paper against the type |
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Related Words: plate |
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(noun) the bed of a machine tool to which the work is clamped |
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Related Words: table |
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