footplate

Speech parts

1. footplate - Noun

2. footplate - Verb

Meaning

See Footboard (a).

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

base board step bottom foot disk disc trip panel foothold flange footstep sideboard footstool sidestep
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Antonyms

miss acme top summit peak roof

Hypernyms

platform

Examples

A bass drum pedal operates much the same as the hi-hat control; a footplate is pressed to pull a chain, belt, or metal drive mechanism downward, bringing a beater or mallet forward into the drumhead. Source: Internet

Tommy Aldridge pioneered the use of double bass drums in hard rock and heavy metal music A double bass drum pedal operates much the same way only with a second footplate controlling a second beater on the same drum. Source: Internet

This is connected indirectly with the eardrum via a mostly cartilaginous extracolumella and medially to the inner-ear spaces via a widened footplate in the fenestra ovalis. Source: Internet

The footplate of the stapes connects to the oval window, the beginning of the inner ear. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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