plate

A2
Pronunciation
/pleɪt/
/pleɪt/
/pleɪt/
Noun
37 definition(s)
1 Definition

A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten.

Example Sentences
  • I filled my plate from the bountiful table.
2 Definition

Such dishes collectively.

3 Definition

The contents of such a dish.

Example Sentences
  • I ate a plate of beans.
4 Definition

A course at a meal.

Example Sentences
  • The meat plate was particularly tasty.
5 Definition

An agenda of tasks, problems, or responsibilities

Example Sentences
  • With revenues down and transfer payments up, the legislature has a full plate.
6 Definition

A flat metallic object of uniform thickness.

Example Sentences
  • A clutch usually has two plates.
7 Definition

A vehicle license plate.

Example Sentences
  • He stole a car and changed the plates as soon as he could.
8 Definition

A taxi permit, especially of a metal disc.

9 Definition

A layer of a material on the surface of something, usually qualified by the type of the material; plating

Example Sentences
  • The bullets just bounced off the steel plate on its hull.
10 Definition

A material covered with such a layer.

Example Sentences
  • If you're not careful, someone will sell you silverware that's really only silver plate.
11 Definition

A decorative or food service item coated with silver or gold.

Example Sentences
  • The tea was served in the plate.
12 Definition

A weighted disk, usually of metal, with a hole in the center for use with a barbell, dumbbell, or exercise machine.

13 Definition

An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper.

Example Sentences
  • We finished making the plates this morning.
14 Definition

An image or copy.

15 Definition

An illustration in a book, either black and white, or colour, usually on a page of paper of different quality from the text pages.

16 Definition

A shaped and fitted surface, usually ceramic or metal that fits into the mouth and in which teeth are implanted; a dental plate.

17 Definition

A horizontal framing member at the top or bottom of a group of vertical studs.

18 Definition

A foot, from "plates of meat".

Example Sentences
  • Sit down and give your plates a rest.
19 Definition

Home plate.

Example Sentences
  • There was a close play at the plate.
20 Definition

A tectonic plate.

21 Definition

Plate armour.

Example Sentences
  • He was confronted by two knights in full plate.
22 Definition

Any of various larger scales found in some reptiles.

23 Definition

A flat electrode such as can be found in an accumulator battery, or in an electrolysis tank.

24 Definition

The anode of a vacuum tube.

Example Sentences
  • Regulating the oscillator plate voltage greatly improves the keying.
25 Definition

Silver or gold, in the form of a coin, or less often silver or gold utensils or dishes (from Spanish plata ("silver")).

26 Definition

A roundel of silver or tinctured argent.

27 Definition

A prize given to the winner in a contest.

28 Definition

Any flat piece of material such as coated glass or plastic.

29 Definition

(travel industry) A metallic card, used to imprint tickets with an airline's logo, name, and numeric code.

30 Definition

(travel industry, by extension) The ability of a travel agent to issue tickets on behalf of a particular airline.

31 Definition

A VIN plate, particularly with regard to the car's year of manufacture.

32 Definition

One of the thin parts of the brisket of an animal.

33 Definition

A very light steel horseshoe for racehorses.

34 Definition

(furriers' slang) Skins for fur linings of garments, sewn together and roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted.

35 Definition

(hat-making) The fine nap (as of beaver, musquash, etc.) on a hat whose body is made from inferior material.

36 Definition

A record, usually vinyl.

37 Definition

Precious metal, especially silver.

Verb
8 definition(s)
1 Definition

To cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material, usually a metal.

Example Sentences
  • This ring is plated with a thin layer of gold.
2 Definition

To place the various elements of a meal on the diner's plate prior to serving.

Example Sentences
  • After preparation, the chef will plate the dish.
3 Definition

To score a run.

Example Sentences
  • The single plated the runner from second base.
4 Definition

To arm or defend with metal plates.

5 Definition

To beat into thin plates.

6 Definition

(travel industry) To specify which airline a ticket will be issued on behalf of.

Example Sentences
  • Tickets are normally plated on an itinerary's first international airline.
7 Definition

To categorise stamps based on their position on the original sheet, in order to reconstruct an entire sheet.

8 Definition

(particularly with early British stamps) to identify the printing plate used.