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Quick definitions from WordNet (plate)
▸ noun: dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
▸ noun: a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
▸ noun: a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
▸ noun: a shallow receptacle for collection in church
▸ noun: structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
▸ noun: a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
▸ noun: a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
▸ noun: the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
▸ noun: any flat platelike body structure or part
▸ noun: a main course served on a plate ("A vegetable plate")
▸ noun: the thin under portion of the forequarter
▸ noun: a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
▸ noun: the quantity contained in a plate
▸ noun: the position on a baseball team of the player who is stationed behind home plate and who catches the balls that the pitcher throws ("He plays behind the plate")
▸ noun: a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
▸ noun: (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
▸ verb: coat with a layer of metal ("Plate spoons with silver")
▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #23490)
▸ Also see plating
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to plate
▸ Usage examples for plate
▸ Idioms related to plate (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing plate
▸ Words that often appear near plate
▸ Rhymes of plate
▸ Invented words related to plate
▸ noun: dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
▸ noun: a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
▸ noun: a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
▸ noun: a shallow receptacle for collection in church
▸ noun: structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
▸ noun: a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
▸ noun: a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
▸ noun: the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
▸ noun: any flat platelike body structure or part
▸ noun: a main course served on a plate ("A vegetable plate")
▸ noun: the thin under portion of the forequarter
▸ noun: a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
▸ noun: the quantity contained in a plate
▸ noun: the position on a baseball team of the player who is stationed behind home plate and who catches the balls that the pitcher throws ("He plays behind the plate")
▸ noun: a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
▸ noun: (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
▸ verb: coat with a layer of metal ("Plate spoons with silver")
▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #23490)
▸ Also see plating
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to plate
▸ Usage examples for plate
▸ Idioms related to plate (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing plate
▸ Words that often appear near plate
▸ Rhymes of plate
▸ Invented words related to plate