How to pronounce plates
Listen to plates in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“plates” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 388 American · 163 British · 279 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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plates, little kind of calcareous plates we call sclerites.
Jason Loxton · hear it here
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license plates. License plates provide traceability to an automobile
FAA · hear it here
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um plates either paper plates regular plates coffee filters they won't stick to um and one
USDA · hear it here
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plates were equally palatable."
The Royal Institution · hear it here
Why real speech
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