Plastron in a sentence

Plastron meaning

1. The nearly flat part of the shell structure of a tortoise or other animal, similar in composition to the carapace.
2. A half-jacket worn under the jacket for padding or for safety.
3. A man's shirt-bosom.

Using Plastron

• The main meaning on this page is: The nearly flat part of the shell structure of a tortoise or other animal, similar in composition to the carapace. | A half-jacket worn under the jacket for padding or for safety. | A man's shirt-bosom.
• Useful related words include: shirtfront, breastplate, aegis, egis.
• In the example corpus, plastron often appears in combinations such as: and plastron.

Context around Plastron

• Average sentence length in these examples: 17 words
• Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 1 end
• Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

Corpus analysis for Plastron

• In this selection, "plastron" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 17 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
• Around the word, bony stand out and add context to how "plastron" is used.
• Recognizable usage signals include and a plastron below and carapace and plastron are joined. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
• By corpus frequency, "plastron" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.