Definitions for plate
pleɪtplate

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. home plate, home base, home, platenoun

   (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. platenoun

   a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic

3. platenoun

   a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)

4. platenoun

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

5. plate, platefulnoun

   the quantity contained in a plate

6. plate, crustal platenoun

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

7. platenoun

   the thin under portion of the forequarter

8. platenoun

   a main course served on a plate

   "a vegetable plate"; "the blue plate special"

9. platenoun

   any flat platelike body structure or part

10. platenoun

    the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube

11. plate, photographic platenoun

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

12. platenoun

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

13. plate, collection platenoun

    a shallow receptacle for collection in church

14. plate, scale, shellnoun

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

15. denture, dental plate, plateverb

    a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth

16. plateverb

    coat with a layer of metal

    "plate spoons with silver"

GCIDE(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Platenoun

   a quantity sufficient to fill a plate; a plateful; a dish containing that quantity; a plate of spaghetti.

2. Platenoun

   the food and service supplied to a customer at a restaurant; as, the turkey dinner is $9 a plate; I'll have a plate of spaghetti.

3. Platenoun

   a flat dish of glass or plastic with a fitted cover, used for culturing microorganisms in a laboratory.

4. Platenoun

   the identification tag required to be displayed on the outside of a vehicle; same as license plate; -- often used in the plural.

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. platenoun

   A dish from which food is served or eaten.

   I filled my plate from the bountiful table.

2. platenoun

   The contents of such a dish.

   I ate a plate of beans.

3. platenoun

   A course at a meal.

   The meat plate was particularly tasty.

4. platenoun

   A flat metallic object of uniform thickness.

   A clutch usually has two plates.

5. platenoun

   A vehicle license plate.

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

6. platenoun

   A decorative or food service item coated with silver.

   The tea was served in the plate.

7. platenoun

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

8. platenoun

   An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper.

   We finished making the plates this morning.

9. platenoun

   An image or copy.

10. plateverb

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

    This ring is plated with a thin layer of gold.

11. plateverb

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

    After preparation, the chef will plate the dish.

12. plateverb

    To perform cunnilingus.

    He fingered her as he plated her with his tongue.

13. plateverb

    To score a run.

    The single plated the runner from second base.

14. plateverb

    To specify which airline a ticket will be issued on behalf of.

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

15. platenoun

    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. platenoun

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

17. platenoun

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

18. platenoun

    A foot, from "plates of meat".

    Sit down and give your plates a rest.

19. platenoun

    Home plate.

    There was a close play at the plate.

20. platenoun

    A tectonic plate.

21. platenoun

    Plate armour.

    He was confronted by two knights in full plate.

22. platenoun

    Any of various larger scales found in some reptiles.

23. platenoun

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

24. Etymology: plate < plata < * < πλατύς.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Platenoun

   a flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in comparison with the other dimensions; a thick sheet of metal; as, a steel plate

2. Platenoun

   metallic armor composed of broad pieces

3. Platenoun

   domestic vessels and utensils, as flagons, dishes, cups, etc., wrought in gold or silver

4. Platenoun

   metallic ware which is plated, in distinction from that which is genuine silver or gold

5. Platenoun

   a small, shallow, and usually circular, vessel of metal or wood, or of earth glazed and baked, from which food is eaten at table

6. Platenoun

   a piece of money, usually silver money

7. Platenoun

   a piece of metal on which anything is engraved for the purpose of being printed; hence, an impression from the engraved metal; as, a book illustrated with plates; a fashion plate

8. Platenoun

   a page of stereotype, electrotype, or the like, for printing from; as, publisher's plates

9. Platenoun

   that part of an artificial set of teeth which fits to the mouth, and holds the teeth in place. It may be of gold, platinum, silver, rubber, celluloid, etc

10. Platenoun

    a horizontal timber laid upon a wall, or upon corbels projecting from a wall, and supporting the ends of other timbers; also used specifically of the roof plate which supports the ends of the roof trusses or, in simple work, the feet of the rafters

11. Platenoun

    a roundel of silver or tinctured argent

12. Platenoun

    a sheet of glass, porcelain, metal, etc., with a coating that is sensitive to light

13. Platenoun

    a prize giving to the winner in a contest

14. Plateverb

    to cover or overlay with gold, silver, or other metals, either by a mechanical process, as hammering, or by a chemical process, as electrotyping

15. Plateverb

    to cover or overlay with plates of metal; to arm with metal for defense

16. Plateverb

    to adorn with plated metal; as, a plated harness

17. Plateverb

    to beat into thin, flat pieces, or laminae

18. Plateverb

    to calender; as, to plate paper

19. Etymology: [OF. plate a plate of metal, a cuirsas, F. plat a plate, a shallow vessel of silver, other metal, or earth, fr. plat flat, Gr. . See Place, n.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Plate

   A plate is a broad, concave, but mainly flat vessel on which food can be served. A plate can also be used for ceremonial or decorative purposes.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Plate

   plāt, n. something flat: a thin piece of metal: wrought gold and silver: household utensils in gold and silver: a shallow dish nearly flat: an engraved piece of metal.—v.t. to overlay with a coating of plate or metal: to arm or defend with metal plates: to adorn with metal: to beat into thin plates.—n. Plate′-arm′our, armour of strong metal plates for protecting ships-of-war, &c.—adj. Plā′ted, covered with plates of metal for strength, as ships: covered with a coating of a more precious metal: (zool.) covered with hard scales.—ns. Plate′-fleet (Milt.), vessels used for carrying precious metals; Plate′ful, as much as a plate will hold; Plate′-glass, a fine kind of glass, cast in thick plates, used for mirrors and large shop-windows; Plate′-lay′er, a workman whose occupation it is to lay the rails of a railway and fix them to the sleepers; Plate′-mark, a mark or stamp on gold or silver plate to indicate its purity and the place where it was made; Plate′-pow′der, a composition of rouge and prepared chalk used for cleaning gold and silver plate and plated articles; Plate′-print′ing, the process of printing from engraved plates; Plā′ter, one who plates articles with a coating of gold or silver; Plate′-rack, a frame for holding plates, &c., when not in use; Plate′-warm′er, an apparatus in which plates are warmed before the fire; Plā′ting, the covering of an inferior metal with one of the precious metals: a thin coating of metal on another.—adj. Plā′ty, like a plate.—Half′-plate, in photography, a size of plate measuring 4¾ by 6½ in. (4¼ by 5½ in U.S.); Quar′ter-plate, 3¼ by 4¼ in.; Whole′-plate, 6½ by 8½ in. [O. Fr. plate, fem. of plat, flat—Gr. platys, broad.]

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. plate

   1. In cartography: a. a printing plate of zinc, aluminum, or engraved copper; b. collective term for all

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. plate

   In marine law, refers to jewels, plate, or treasure, for which freight is due. Thus, plate-ship is a galleon so laden.

2. plate

   Backstay-plate. A piece of iron used instead of a chain to confine the dead-eye of the backstay to the after-channel.--Foot-hook or futtock plates. Iron bands fitted to the lower dead-eyes of the topmast-shrouds, which, passing through holes in the rim of the top, are attached to the upper ends of the futtock-shrouds.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. plate

   Metallic armor composed of broad pieces, and thus distinguished from mail.

2. plate

   To arm with plate or metal for defense. “Why plated in habiliments of war?”

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. plate

   A type of product created and designed in various colors, materials, shapes, moderate sizes and styles.

   The plates we bought for the kitchen table when friends come over to eat are beautiful, elegant and stylish.

   Submitted by MaryC on April 3, 2020  

Entomology(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Plate

   any broad flattened piece or sclerite: = squame, in Coccidae.

Matched Categories

1. • Anode
   • Base
   • Baseball
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   • Crust
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   • Entree
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   • Receptacle
   • Sheet
   • Shield
   • Structural Member
   • Structure

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'plate' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2606

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'plate' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2127

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'plate' in Nouns Frequency: #732

Anagrams for plate »

1. Leapt

2. Lepta

3. Patel

4. Pleat

5. Tepal

How to pronounce plate?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of plate in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of plate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of plate in a Sentence

1. Gerrit Cole:

   Stuff was just over the middle of the plate, pitch after pitch, boy that was tough, just really poor execution and just not great stuff and never really found a way to try to make it any better.

2. Malcolm X:

   Sitting at the table doesn't make you a diner, unless you eat some of what's on that plate. Being here in America doesn't make you an American. Being born here in America doesn't make you an American.

3. Jill Castle:

   When he or she is around [ sweets ], that child might lose control and be very uninhibited, parents will come to me and say,' I'm finding wrappers in my child's bedroom, my child seems obsessed with food, and when I see them at a party, my kid is piling their plate with sweets and treats, and they are always eating.'.

4. Edward Olivares:

   I got all breaking balls, he worked both sides of the plate.

5. Emmanuel Audenaert:

   During puberty and as a result of changing testosterone hormone balance, the growth plate weakens around the age of 12-13, making it even more sensitive to displacement or deformity, severe muscular training and high loading activities should be restricted until skeletal maturity for any joint and sport.

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