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plate
(pl/eI/t )

noun (n)

  • (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    home, home base, home plate
    source: wordnet30
  • a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic(noun.artifact)
    source: wordnet30
  • a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)(noun.artifact)
    source: wordnet30
  • dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten(noun.artifact)
    source: wordnet30
  • the quantity contained in a plate(noun.quantity)
    Synonym:
    plateful
    source: wordnet30
  • a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly(noun.object)
    Synonym:
    crustal plate
    source: wordnet30
  • the thin under portion of the forequarter(noun.food)
    source: wordnet30
  • a main course served on a plate(noun.food)
    Example:
    A vegetable plate.
    The blue plate special.
    source: wordnet30
  • any flat platelike body structure or part(noun.body)
    source: wordnet30
  • the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube(noun.artifact)
    source: wordnet30
  • a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    photographic plate
    source: wordnet30
  • structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage(noun.artifact)
    source: wordnet30
  • a shallow receptacle for collection in church(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    collection plate
    source: wordnet30
  • a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    scale, shell
    source: wordnet30
  • a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    dental plate, denture
    source: wordnet30
  • A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in comparison with the other dimensions; a thick sheet of metal; as, a steel plate.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • A small five-sided area (enveloping a diamond- shaped area one foot square) beside which the batter stands and which must be touched by some part of a player on completing a run; -- called also home base, or home plate.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • coat with a layer of metal(verb.contact)
    Example:
    Plate spoons with silver.
    source: wordnet30
  • To cover or overlay with gold, silver, or other metals, either by a mechanical process, as hammering, or by a chemical process, as electrotyping.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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