plate
/plet/
प्लेट
noun
1. home plate, home base, home
(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands
it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
"he ruled that the runner failed to touch home"
2. plate
a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
3. plate
a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
4. plate
dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
5. plateful
the quantity contained in a plate
6. crustal plate
a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
7. plate
the thin under portion of the forequarter
8. plate
a main course served on a plate
"a vegetable plate"
"the blue plate special"
9. plate
any flat platelike body structure or part
10. plate
the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
11. photographic plate
a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
12. plate
structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
13. collection plate
a shallow receptacle for collection in church
14. scale, shell
a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
15. denture, dental plate
a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
verb
1. plate
coat with a layer of metal
"plate spoons with silver"
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