plate

Plural: plates

Noun

• (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
• a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
• a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
• dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
• the quantity contained in a plate
• a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
• the thin under portion of the forequarter
• a main course served on a plate
  • "a vegetable plate"
  • "the blue plate special"
• any flat platelike body structure or part
• the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
• a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
• structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
• a shallow receptacle for collection in church
• a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
• a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
• A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten.
• Such dishes collectively.
• The contents of such a dish.
• A course at a meal.
• An agenda of tasks, problems, or responsibilities
• A flat object of uniform thickness.
• Vehicle license plates, registration plates.
• A taxi permit, especially of a metal disc.
• Plate armor.
• A layer of a material on the surface of something, usually qualified by the type of the material; plating
• A material covered with such a layer.
• An ornamental or food service item coated with silver or gold or otherwise decorated.
• A weighted disk, usually of metal, with a hole in the center for use with a barbell, dumbbell, or exercise machine.
• An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper.
• An image or copy.
• An illustration in a book, either black and white, or colour, usually on a page of paper of different quality from the text pages.
• A shaped and fitted surface, usually ceramic or metal that fits into the mouth and in which teeth are implanted; a dental plate.
• A horizontal framing member at the top or bottom of a group of vertical studs.
• A person's foot.
• Home plate.
• A tectonic plate.
• Any of various larger scales found in some reptiles.
• A flat electrode such as can be found in an accumulator battery, or in an electrolysis tank.
• The anode of a vacuum tube.
• A prize given to the winner in a contest.
• Any flat piece of material such as coated glass or plastic.
• A metallic card, used to imprint tickets with an airline's logo, name, and numeric code.
• The ability of a travel agent to issue tickets on behalf of a particular airline.
• A VIN plate, particularly with regard to the car's year of manufacture.
• One of the thin parts of the brisket of an animal.
• A very light steel horseshoe for racehorses.
• Skins for fur linings of garments, sewn together and roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted.
• The fine nap (as of beaver, musquash, etc.) on a hat whose body is made from inferior material.
• A record, usually vinyl.
• trauma plate.
• Any of the potential romantic or sexual partners with whom a person keeps in touch as part of plate spinning.
• A Lego piece that is thin, 1/3 the height of a brick, and has studs on top.
• Precious metal, especially silver.
• Silver or gold, in the form of a coin, or less often silver or gold utensils or dishes.
• A roundel of silver or argent.

Verb

Verb Forms: plated, plating, plates

• To cover or coat with a thin layer of metal.
• coat with a layer of metal
  • "plate spoons with silver"
• To cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material, usually a metal.
• To place the various elements of a meal on the diner's plate prior to serving.
• To score a run.
• To arm or defend with metal plates.
• To beat into thin plates.
• To specify which airline a ticket will be issued on behalf of.
• to categorise stamps based on their position on the original sheet, in order to reconstruct an entire sheet.
• To identify the printing plate used.

Examples

• A valuable collection of silver plate was donated to the museum.
• After preparation, the chef will plate the dish.
• He stole a car and changed the plates as soon as he could.
• He tried to PLATE his score with extra points by finding a bonus square.
• He was confronted by two knights in full plate.
• I ate a plate of beans.
• I filled my plate from the bountiful table.
• If you're not careful, someone will sell you silverware that's really only silver plate.
• More plates means more dates!
• Regulating the oscillator plate voltage greatly improves the keying.
• Sit down and give your plates a rest.
• The bullets just bounced off the steel plate on its hull.
• The meat plate was particularly tasty.
• The most important and most expensive part of any solar cell is a silicon plate.
• The SAPI plate in his vest protected him from the bullet's impact.
• The single plated the runner from second base.
• The tea was served in the plate.
• There was a close play at the plate.
• This ring is plated with a thin layer of gold.
• Tickets are normally plated on an itinerary's first international airline.
• We finished making the plates this morning.
• With revenues down and transfer payments up, the legislature has a full plate.

Synonyms

collection plate, crustal plate, dental plate, denture, home, home base, home plate, photographic plate, plateful, scale, shell, rego plates

Related Words

argent, azure, bezant, bleu celeste, brunâtre, carnation, cendrée, copper, counter-ermine, counter-potent, counter-vair, d'eau, d'huile, d'olive, d'or, de larmes, de poix, de sang, ermine, ermines, erminois, fountain, golpe, gules, guze, hurt, murrey, ogress, or, orange, pean, pellet, pomme, potent, purpure, sable, sanguine, syke: barry wavy argent–azure, tenné, torteau, vair, vert

Anagrams of plate