English dictionary
plate
nounAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
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
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
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- 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
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
verb
- coat with a layer of metal
Example sentences
he ruled that the runner failed to touch home
a vegetable plate
the blue plate special
plate spoons with silver