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Definitions for Plate

[1] a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
[2] the contents of such a dish; plateful.
[3] an entire course of a meal served on such a dish: I had the vegetable plate for lunch.
[4] the food and service for one person, as at a banquet, fund-raising dinner, or the like: The wedding breakfast cost $20 a plate.
[5] household dishes, utensils, etc., of metal plated with gold or silver.
[6] household dishes, utensils, etc., made of gold or silver.
[7] Also called collection plate . a dish, as of metal or wood, used for collecting offerings, as in a church.
[8] a thin, flat sheet or piece of metal or other material, especially of uniform thickness.
[9] metal in such sheets.
[10] a flat, polished piece of metal on which something may be or is engraved.
[11] license plate.
[12] a flat or curved sheet of metal, plastic, glass, or similar hard material, on which a picture or text has been engraved, etched, molded, photographically developed, or drawn, that is inked, as in a press, for printing impressions on other surfaces.
[13] a printed impression from such a piece or from some similar piece, as a woodcut.
[14] a full-page illustration in a book, especially an insert on paper different from the text pages.
[15] a piece of armor made from a thin, flat piece or several such pieces of tough material, especially wrought iron or steel.
[16] armor composed of thin, flat pieces; plate armor.
[17] Dentistry . the part of a denture that conforms to the mouth and contains the teeth. the entire denture.
[18] Baseball . the plate. home plate. rubber1(def 14) .
[19] plate glass.
[20] Photography . a sheet of glass, metal, etc., coated with a sensitized emulsion, used for taking a photograph.
[21] Anatomy , Zoology . a platelike part, structure, or organ.
[22] a thin piece or cut of beef from the lower end of the ribs.
[23] Geology . crustal plate.
[24] Electronics . one of the interior elements of a vacuum tube, toward which electrons are attracted by virtue of its positive charge; anode. Abbreviation : P
[25] Carpentry . any of various horizontal timbers or boards laid flat across the heads of studding, upon floors, etc., to support joists, rafters, or studs at or near their ends.
[26] a gold or silver cup or the like awarded as the prize in a horse race or some other contest.
[27] a horse race or some other contest for such a prize.
[28] Heraldry . a rounded argent.
[29] to coat (metal) with a thin film of gold, silver, nickel, etc., by mechanical or chemical means.
[30] to cover or overlay with metal plates for protection.
[31] Metalworking . to forge (a bloom or the like) into a broad piece. to hammer (cutlery) gently to produce an even surface.
[32] Printing . to make a stereotype or electrotype plate from (type).
[33] Papermaking . to give a high gloss to (paper), as on supercalendered paper.
[34] have on one's plate , Informal . to have as an immediate task, obligation, or prospect: I had too much on my plate already to take on another task.
[35] a coin, especially of silver.
[36] the base at which the batter stands and which a base runner must reach safely in order to score a run, typically a five-sided slab of whitened rubber set at ground level at the front corner of the diamond.
[37] a shallow usually circular dish made of porcelain, earthenware, glass, etc, on which food is served or from which food is eaten (as modifier ) a plate rack
[38] Also called: plateful the contents of a plate or the amount a plate will hold Australian and NZ a plate of cakes, sandwiches, etc, brought by a guest to a party everyone was asked to bring a plate
[39] an entire course of a meal a cold plate
[40] any shallow or flat receptacle, esp for receiving a collection in church
[41] flat metal of uniform thickness obtained by rolling, usually having a thickness greater than about three millimetres
[42] a thin coating of metal usually on another metal, as produced by electrodeposition, chemical action, etc
[43] metal or metalware that has been coated in this way, esp with gold or silver Sheffield plate
[44] dishes, cutlery, etc, made of gold or silver
[45] a sheet of metal, plastic, rubber, etc, having a printing surface produced by a process such as stereotyping, moulding, or photographic deposition
[46] a print taken from such a sheet or from a woodcut, esp when appearing in a book
[47] a thin flat sheet of a substance, such as metal or glass
[48] armour made of overlapping or articulated pieces of thin metal
[49] photog a sheet of glass, or sometimes metal, coated with photographic emulsion on which an image can be formed by exposure to light (as modifier ) a plate camera
[50] an orthodontic device, esp one used for straightening children's teeth
[51] an informal word for denture (def. 1)
[52] anatomy any flat platelike structure or part
[53] a cup or trophy awarded to the winner of a sporting contest, esp a horse race a race or contest for such a prize
[54] any of the rigid layers of the earth's lithosphere of which there are believed to be at least 15 See also plate tectonics
[55] electronics mainly US the anode in an electronic valve an electrode in an accumulator or capacitor
[56] a horizontal timber joist that supports rafters or studs
[57] a light horseshoe for flat racing
[58] a thin cut of beef from the brisket
[59] See plate rail
[60] Also called: Communion plate RC Church a flat plate held under the chin of a communicant in order to catch any fragments of the consecrated Host
[61] archaic a coin, esp one made of silver
[62] on a plate in such a way as to be acquired without further trouble he was handed the job on a plate
[63] on one's plate waiting to be done or dealt with he has a lot on his plate at the moment
[64] to coat (a surface, usually metal) with a thin layer of other metal by electrolysis, chemical reaction, etc
[65] to cover with metal plates, as for protection
[66] printing to make a stereotype or electrotype from (type or another plate)
[67] to form (metal) into plate, esp by rolling
[68] to give a glossy finish to (paper) by calendering
[69] to grow (microorganisms) in a culture medium
[70] River Plate the English name for the (Río de la) Plata
[71] baseball a flat often five-sided piece of hard rubber or other material that serves to define the area over which the pitcher must throw the ball for a strike and that a base runner must safely reach on his way from third base to score a run Also called: plate , home , home base

Words related to Plate

serving, platter, bowl, layer, slice, slab, service, helping, course, portion, casserole, trencher, scale, leaf, coat, plane, flake, foil, spangle, lamina

Words nearby Plate

plat., plata, plataea, platan, platband, plate, plate armor, plate armour, plate block, plate culture, plate girder

Origin of Plate

home plateAn Americanism dating back to 1870–75

Other words from Plate

plate·less , adjective
plate·like , adjective

Word origin for Plate

C13: from Old French: thin metal sheet, something flat, from Vulgar Latin plattus (unattested); related to Greek platus flat

Synonyms for Plate

bowl, platter, serving, casserole, course, helping, portion, service, trencher