fruit salad vs plaque

fruit salad

noun
  • Awards worn on a military uniform. 

  • A canned mixture of chopped fruit in a syrup. 

  • A mixture of freshly cut fruit, sometimes with the addition of alcohol or yogurt, often served as a dessert. 

plaque

noun
  • A small card representing an amount of money, used for betting in casinos; a sort of gaming chip. 

  • A clearing in a bacterial lawn caused by a virus. 

  • An accumulation of biofilm, or bacteria, on teeth, which may develop into dental calculus (tartar). 

  • A deposit of beta-amyloid protein occurring in a nerve cell and associated with Alzheimer's disease. 

  • A broad patch of abnormal tissue distinguishable from surrounding tissue, especially a broad papule (“inflamed, irritated patch”) on the skin. 

  • Any flat, thin piece of clay, ivory, metal, etc., used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a dish, plate, slab, etc., hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn by a person, such as a brooch. 

  • A piece of flat metal with writing on it, attached to a building, monument, or other structure to remind people of a person or an event. 

  • In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system: any flat, thin musical instrument. 

  • An abnormal accumulation of material in or on an organ of the body, often associated with disease. 

  • An accumulation in artery walls made up of macrophage cells and debris containing lipids, (cholesterol and fatty acids), calcium, and connective tissue; an atheroma. 

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