Plate Meaning

There are 16 meaning(s) for word Plate

Meaning 1 : (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score

    Synonyms : home,  home base,  home plate
Meaning 2 : a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)

    Synonyms : scale,  shell
Meaning 3 : a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded

    Synonyms : photographic plate
Meaning 4 : a shallow receptacle for collection in church

    Synonyms : collection plate
Meaning 5 : the quantity contained in a plate

    Synonyms : plateful
Meaning 6 : a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth

    Synonyms : dental plate,  denture
Meaning 7 : a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly

    Synonyms : crustal plate
Meaning 8 : a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)

Meaning 9 : a main course served on a plate

    Example : a vegetable plate,the blue plate special

Meaning 10 : any flat platelike body structure or part

Meaning 11 : a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic

Meaning 12 : coat with a layer of metal

    Example : plate spoons with silver

Meaning 13 : dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten

Meaning 14 : structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage

Meaning 15 : the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube

Meaning 16 : the thin under portion of the forequarter

How to Pronounce Plate

  • pleɪt


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