colorplate

noun

col·​or·​plate

variants or British colourplate

ˈkələ(r)ˌplāt,

usually -āt+V

: any of a set of process color printing plates

also : a print made from a complete set of such plates

Word History

First Known Use

1819, in the meaning defined above

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