plate
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)
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.