gold plates
Luxury metal dishes
Gold plates are flat sheets of gold, whether solid or gold-plated metal.
The term often refers specifically to the golden tablets that Joseph Smith claimed to have received from an angel and translated into the Book of Mormon—a foundational text of the Latter-day Saint movement.
To gold-plate something is to coat it in gold; figuratively, to gold-plate a project is to add unnecessary refinements that increase cost without proportional benefit.
LDS church's foundational text
- Joseph SmithLDS church originator
- translationConverting between languages
- Urim and ThummimBiblical divination instruments
- engravingsIncised designs on surfaces
angel · revelation · testimony · witness · scripture · buried · sacred · prophet
Electrically depositing metal layers
- overlayCovering placed atop
- precious metalValuable metallic element
- decorativeServing to beautify
- ornamentalFor beauty, not function
lustrous · polished · engraved · embossed · ceremonial · tableware · dinnerware · luxury
Book of Mormon
LDS church's foundational text
- Joseph SmithLDS church originator
- translationConverting between languages
- Urim and ThummimBiblical divination instruments
engravings · angel · revelation · testimony · witness · scripture · buried · sacred · prophet · Latter-day Saints
electroplating
Electrically depositing metal layers
- overlayCovering placed atop
- precious metalValuable metallic element
- decorativeServing to beautify
ornamental · lustrous · polished · engraved · embossed · ceremonial · tableware · dinnerware · luxury · craftsmanship
- gold objects
- royal treasurescrown jewels, imperial crown, royal regalia, imperial regalia, regalia
- treasuresjewels, gems, crown jewel, artifacts, heirloom
- MormonismBook of Mormon, Joseph Smith, Latter-day Saints, priesthood, Latter-day Saint
- inscriptionsinscription, epitaph, ancient inscriptions, stone inscriptions, gravestone
- LDS ChurchJoseph Smith, apostle, Brigham Young, bishop, priesthood
gold platespaper plates
Single-use dining surfaces
disposable plates · tin plates · plastic plates · iron plates · ceramic plates
gold platesforgeries
Fraudulent imitations of originals
fakes · fool's gold · hoaxes · fabrications · counterfeits
gold, plates, golden, goldsmith, gild, gilded, gilding, gilt, plate