patress

== English == === Alternative forms === pattress === Etymology === Alteration of pateras, from Latin patera (“dish, saucer”). === Noun === patress (plural patresses) an adapting plate or mounting used to fix an object to a surface or a substrate where the difference in character between the object and that to which it is mounted prevents direct mounting, eg in fitting a flat panel to a curved surface ==== Translations ==== === See also === patress on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === References === “pattress” in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press. === Anagrams === Pasters, pasters, repasts, sparest