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Plate

noun

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.

2.

A sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic.

3.

A full-page illustration (usually on slick paper).

4.

Dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten.

5.

The quantity contained in a plate. Synonym: plateful.

6.

A rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly. Synonym: crustal plate.

7.

The thin under portion of the forequarter.

8.

A main course served on a plate. "The blue plate special"

9.

Any flat platelike body structure or part.

10.

The positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube.

11.

A flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded. Synonym: photographic plate.

12.

Structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage.

13.

A shallow receptacle for collection in church. Synonym: collection plate.

14.

A metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners). Synonyms: scale, shell.

15.

A dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth. Synonyms: dental plate, denture.

verb

(past & past part. plated; pres. part. plating)

1.

Coat with a layer of metal.

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— The Common People of Ancient Rome - Studies of Roman Life and Literature • Frank Frost Abbott

... eat one without a fork and then ate another. She sat on a rock, her pretty linen all crumpled and mussed, a great deal of sand in her shoes, and balanced a paper plate on her lap and laughed, a rippling jolly laugh that Keineth had never heard before. She made Keineth and Peggy sit one on each side of her and tell her of all they had ...

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... her ultimatum on the subject of Sunday work, Mrs. Corbett became quite genial. She heaped Reginald's plate with cold chicken and creamed potatoes, and, mellowed by them and the comfort of her well-appointed table, he was prepared to renounce the devil and all his works if Mrs. Corbett gave ...

— The Black Creek Stopping-House • Nellie McClung

... take so much from Paddy? The Irishman's quick eyes saw and understood, and he said easily, "You can pay me back when you're Lord Mayor of Ironboro', with a gold chain round your neck and Pat with a leather collar and a brass plate to tell his ...

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