place/plaice

place (plās)

Noun

• An area with definite or indefinite boundaries; a portion of space.
• Room or space, especially adequate space: There is place for everyone at the back of the room.
• The particular portion of space occupied by or allocated to a person or thing. .
• A dwelling; a house: bought a place on the lake.
• A particular point that one has reached, as in a book: I have lost my place.

Verb. Transitive

• To put in or as if in a particular place or position; set.
• To put in a specified relation or order: Place the words in alphabetical order.
• To offer for consideration: placed the matter before the board.
• To find accommodation or employment for.
• To put into a particular condition: placed him under arrest.

Verb. Intransitive

• To be among those who finish a competition or race, especially to finish second.

plaice (plās)

Noun

• A large edible marine flatfish (Pleuronectes platessa) of western European waters.