plate

(noun, verb)

noun

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

Similar word(s): home

Definition categories: man–made, bag, base

2. a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic

Definition categories: man–made, sheet

3. a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)

Definition categories: man–made, illustration

4. dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten

Definition categories: man–made, flatware

5. the quantity contained in a plate

Similar word(s): plateful

Definition categories: quantity, containerful

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

Definition categories: object, crust

7. the thin under portion of the forequarter

Definition categories: food

8. a main course served on a plate

- a vegetable plate

- the blue plate special

Definition categories: food, entree

9. any flat platelike body structure or part

Definition categories: body, structure

10. the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube

Definition categories: man–made, anode

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

Definition categories: man–made, sheet

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

Definition categories: man–made

13. a shallow receptacle for collection in church

Definition categories: man–made, receptacle

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

Similar word(s): scale, shell

Definition categories: man–made, shield

15. a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth

Similar word(s): denture

Definition categories: man–made

Sentences with plate as a noun:

- I filled my plate from the bountiful table.

- I ate a plate of beans.

- The meat plate was particularly tasty.

- With revenues down and transfer payments up, the legislature has a full plate.

- A clutch usually has two plates.

- He stole a car and changed the plates as soon as he could.

- The bullets just bounced off the steel plate on its hull.

- If you're not careful, someone will sell you silverware that's really only silver plate.

- The tea was served in the plate.

- We finished making the plates this morning.

- Sit down and give your plates a rest.

- There was a close play at the plate.

- He was confronted by two knights in full plate.

- Regulating the oscillator plate voltage greatly improves the keying.

verb

1. coat with a layer of metal

- plate spoons with silver

Definition categories: contact, coat, surface

Sentences with plate as a verb:

- This ring is plated with a thin layer of gold.

- After preparation, the chef will plate the dish.

- He fingered her as he plated her with his tongue.

- The single plated the runner from second base.

- Tickets are normally plated on an itinerary's first international airline.