'Plate' definitions:

Definition of 'plate'

From: WordNet
noun
(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" [syn: home plate, home base, home, plate]
noun
A sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
noun
A full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
noun
Dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
noun
The quantity contained in a plate [syn: plate, plateful]
noun
A rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly [syn: plate, crustal plate]
noun
The thin under portion of the forequarter
noun
A main course served on a plate; "a vegetable plate"; "the blue plate special"
noun
Any flat platelike body structure or part
noun
The positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
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A flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded [syn: plate, photographic plate]
noun
Structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
noun
A shallow receptacle for collection in church [syn: plate, collection plate]
noun
A metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) [syn: plate, scale, shell]
noun
A dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth [syn: denture, dental plate, plate]
verb
Coat with a layer of metal; "plate spoons with silver"

Definition of 'Plate'

From: GCIDE
  • Plate \Plate\, n. [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.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Metallic armor composed of broad pieces. [1913 Webster]
  • Mangled . . . through plate and mail. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Domestic vessels and utensils, as flagons, dishes, cups, etc., wrought in gold or silver. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Metallic ware which is plated, in distinction from that which is silver or gold throughout. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. A small, shallow, and usually circular, vessel of metal or wood, or of earth glazed and baked, from which food is eaten at table. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. [Cf. Sp. plata silver.] A piece of money, usually silver money. [Obs.] "Realms and islands were as plates dropp'd from his pocket." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. A page of stereotype, electrotype, or the like, for printing from; as, publisher's plates. [1913 Webster]
  • 9. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 10. (Arch.) 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 11. (Her.) A roundel of silver or tinctured argent. [1913 Webster]
  • 12. (Photog.) A sheet of glass, porcelain, metal, etc., with a coating that is sensitive to light. [1913 Webster]
  • 13. A prize giving to the winner in a contest. [1913 Webster]
  • 14. (Baseball) A small five-sided area (enveloping a diamond-shaped area one foot square) beside which the batter stands and which must be touched by some part of a player on completing a run; -- called also home base, or home plate. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 15. One of the thin parts of the bricket of an animal. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 16. A very light steel racing horsehoe. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 17. Loosely, a sporting contest for a prize; specif., in horse racing, a race for a prize, the contestants not making a stake. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 18. Skins for fur linings of garments, sewed together and roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted. [Furrier's Cant] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 19. (Hat Making) The fine nap (as of beaver, hare's wool, musquash, nutria, or English black wool) on a hat the body of which is of an inferior substance. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 20. a quantity sufficient to fill a plate; a plateful; a dish containing that quantity; a plate of spaghetti. [PJC]
  • 21. 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. [PJC]
  • 22. a flat dish of glass or plastic with a fitted cover, used for culturing microorganisms in a laboratory. [PJC]
  • 23. the identification tag required to be displayed on the outside of a vehicle; same as license plate; -- often used in the plural. [PJC]
  • 24. an agenda or schedule of tasks to be performed; I have a lot on my plate today. [colloq.] [PJC]
  • Note: Plate is sometimes used in an adjectival sense or in combination, the phrase or compound being in most cases of obvious signification; as, plate basket or plate-basket, plate rack or plate-rack. [1913 Webster]
  • Home plate. (Baseball) See Home base, under Home.
  • Plate armor. (a) See Plate, n., 2. (b) Strong metal plates for protecting war vessels, fortifications, and the like.
  • Plate bone, the shoulder blade, or scapula.
  • Plate girder, a girder, the web of which is formed of a single vertical plate, or of a series of such plates riveted together.
  • Plate glass. See under Glass.
  • Plate iron, wrought iron plates.
  • Plate layer, a workman who lays down the rails of a railway and fixes them to the sleepers or ties.
  • Plate mark, a special mark or emblematic figure stamped upon gold or silver plate, to indicate the place of manufacture, the degree of purity, and the like; thus, the local mark for London is a lion.
  • Plate paper, a heavy spongy paper, for printing from engraved plates. --Fairholt.
  • Plate press, a press with a flat carriage and a roller, -- used for printing from engraved steel or copper plates.
  • Plate printer, one who prints from engraved plates.
  • Plate printing, the act or process of printing from an engraved plate or plates.
  • Plate tracery. (Arch.) See under Tracery.
  • Plate wheel (Mech.), a wheel, the rim and hub of which are connected by a continuous plate of metal, instead of by arms or spokes. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Plate'

From: GCIDE
  • Plate \Plate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plated; p. pr. & vb. n. Plating.]
  • 1. To cover or overlay with gold, silver, or other metals, either by a mechanical process, as hammering, or by a chemical process, as electrotyping. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To cover or overlay with plates of metal; to arm with metal for defense. [1913 Webster]
  • Thus plated in habiliments of war. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To adorn with plated metal; as, a plated harness. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To beat into thin, flat pieces, or lamin[ae]. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To calender; as, to plate paper. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'plate'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Plate'