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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: plate

1	n	dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
2	n v	a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic coat with a layer of metal
3	n	any flat platelike body structure or part
4	n	(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
5	n	the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
6	n	structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
7	n	a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
8	n	a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: plate

n dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; dessert plate
a small plate on which dessert can be served; dinner plate
a plate from which a diner eats during the main course of a meal; paper plate
a disposable plate made of cardboard; salad bowl, salad plate
a plate or bowl for individual servings of salad; soup plate
a deep plate with a wide rim; steel plate
a plate of steel

Type of:: flatware
tableware that is relatively flat and fashioned as a single piece

n the quantity contained in a plate

Synonyms:: plateful

Type of:: containerful
the quantity that a container will hold

n a main course served on a plate

“a vegetable plate”

“the blue plate special”

Type of:: entree, main course
the principal dish of a meal

n a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic

Types:: show 41 types...; hide 41 types...; baffle, baffle board
a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy; cylinder head
a detachable plate that covers the closed end of a cylinder chamber in a reciprocating engine or pump; damper
a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace; disc, disk
a flat circular plate; engraving
a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved; escutcheon
(nautical) a plate on a ship's stern on which the name is inscribed; fin keel
a metal plate projecting from the keel of a shallow vessel to give it greater lateral stability; fishplate
metal plate bolted along sides of two rails or beams; grid, storage-battery grid
a perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material; gusset, gusset plate
a metal plate used to strengthen a joist; lamella
thin plate; license plate, numberplate
a plate mounted on the front and back of car and bearing the car's registration number; L-plate
a square plate bearing the letter L that is attached to both ends of a car to indicate that the driver is a learner; nameplate
a plate bearing a name; plate iron
a plate of iron; platen
the flat plate of a printing press that presses the paper against the type; plessimeter, pleximeter
a small thin metal plate held against the body and struck with a plexor in percussive examinations; tap
a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing); acetate disk, phonograph recording disk
a disk coated with cellulose acetate; boilerplate
thick plate iron used in the production of boilers; brake disk
a disk or plate that is fixed to the wheel; pressure is applied to it by the brake pads; centerboard, centreboard, drop keel, sliding keel
a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward; copperplate, copperplate engraving
an engraving consisting of a smooth plate of copper that has been etched or engraved; deadeye
(nautical) a round hardwood disk with holes and a grooved perimeter used to tighten a shroud; diaphragm
electro-acoustic transducer that vibrates to receive or produce sound waves; diffuser, diffusor
baffle that distributes sound waves evenly; discus, saucer
a disk used in throwing competitions; doorplate
a nameplate fastened to a door; indicates the person who works or lives there; etching
an etched plate made with the use of acid; Frisbee
a light, plastic disk about 10 inches in diameter; propelled with a flip of the wrist for recreation or competition; gravure
a printing plate used in the process of gravure; halftone, halftone engraving, photoengraving
an engraving used to reproduce an illustration; line block, line engraving, linecut
engraving consisting of a block that has been etched or engraved; coin blank, planchet
a flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin; hockey puck, puck
a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey; sheet iron
plate iron thinner than tank iron; steel engraving
engraving on a steel plate; stovepipe iron
plate iron that is thinner than tank iron; tank iron
plate iron that is thinner than boilerplate but thicker than sheet iron or stovepipe iron; token
a metal or plastic disk that can be redeemed or used in designated slot machines; wood block, wood engraving, woodcut
engraving consisting of a block of wood with a design cut into it; used to make prints

Type of:: flat solid, sheet
a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width

n a shallow receptacle for collection in church

Synonyms:: collection plate

Type of:: receptacle
a container that is used to put or keep things in

n a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded

Synonyms:: photographic plate

Types:: quarter plate
a photographic plate measuring 3.25 inches by 4.25 inches

Type of:: flat solid, sheet
a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width

n a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)

Types:: fashion plate
a plate illustrating the latest fashion in dress

Type of:: illustration
a visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand

n a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)

Synonyms:: scale, shell

Types:: show 25 types...; hide 25 types...; armor plate, armor plating, armour plate, plate armor, plate armour
specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire; horseshoe, shoe
U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof; shell plating
the plates covering the frame of a steel ship and corresponding to the planking of a wooden ship; backplate
plate armor protecting the back; worn as part of a cuirass; beaver
a movable piece of armor on a medieval helmet used to protect the lower face; brassard
armor plate that protects the arm; aegis, breastplate, egis
armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass; cannon
(Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm; chamfron, chanfron, front-stall, frontstall, testiere
medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head; cubitiere
body armor that protects the elbow; cuisse
armor plate that protects the thigh; epauliere
armor plate that protects the shoulder; fauld
a piece of armor plate below the breastplate; gorget
armor plate that protects the neck; greave, jambeau
armor plate that protects legs below the knee; helmet
armor plate that protects the head; knee piece
armor plate that protects the knee; nosepiece
armor plate that protects the nose; palette, pallette
one of the rounded armor plates at the armpits of a suit of armor; roundel
round piece of armor plate that protects the armpit; skirt of tasses
armor plate that protects the body below the waist; sabaton, solleret
armor plate that protects the foot; consists of mail with a solid toe and heel; tasse, tasset
one of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs; tuille
armor plate that protects the hip and thigh; visor, vizor
a piece of armor plate (with eye slits) fixed or hinged to a medieval helmet to protect the face

Type of:: shield
a protective covering or structure

v coat with a layer of metal

“plate spoons with silver”

Types:: show 8 types...; hide 8 types...; tin
prepare (a metal) for soldering or brazing by applying a thin layer of solder to the surface; tin
plate with tin; silver
coat with a layer of silver or a silver amalgam; nickel
plate with nickel; electroplate
coat with metal by electrolysis; chrome, chromium-plate
plate with chromium; gold plate, gold-plate, goldplate
plate with gold; silver-plate, silverplate
plate with silver

Type of:: coat, surface
put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface

n any flat platelike body structure or part

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a hard flap serving as a cover for (a) the gill slits in fishes or (b) the opening of the shell in certain gastropods when the body is retracted; comb
ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore; frill
(paleontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs; lamina
a thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral); lamina arcus vertebrae
lamina of the vertebral arch; the flattened posterior part of the vertebral arch from which the spinous process extends

Type of:: anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure
a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing

n the thin under portion of the forequarter

Type of:: cut of beef
cut of meat from beef cattle

n (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score

Synonyms:: home, home base, home plate

Type of:: bag, base
a place that the runner must touch before scoring

n the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube

Type of:: anode
a positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device

n structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage

Types:: wall plate
plate (a timber along the top of a wall) to support the ends of joists, etc., and distribute the load

Type of:: structural member
support that is a constituent part of any structure or building

n a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth

Synonyms:: dental plate, denture

Types:: bridge, bridgework
a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth; false teeth
a removable denture; partial denture
a denture replacing one or more teeth in a dental arch

Type of:: dental appliance
a device to repair teeth or replace missing teeth

n a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly

Synonyms:: crustal plate

Type of:: Earth's crust, crust
the outer layer of the Earth

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