plate [ pleits ]

• n.
  • a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
  • (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score

    同义词： home plate home base home

  • a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
  • dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
  • the quantity contained in a plate

    同义词： plateful

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

    同义词： crustal plate

  • the thin under portion of the forequarter
  • a main course served on a plate

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

  • any flat platelike body structure or part
  • the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
  • a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded

    同义词： photographic plate

  • structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
  • a shallow receptacle for collection in church

    同义词： collection plate

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

    同义词： scale shell

  • a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth

    同义词： denture dental plate

• v. coat with a layer of metal

  "plate spoons with silver"

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