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
• 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
• plural of plate
• Synonym of number plate.

Verb

• coat with a layer of metal
• make a plat of
• third-person singular simple present indicative of plate

Synonyms

collection plate, crustal plate, dental plate, denture, home, home base, home plate, photographic plate, plat, plate, plateful, plot, scale, shell