plate
plate
pleÉĒt
pleit
/pleÉĒt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "plate"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒā§āϞ⧇āϟ

a flat, typically round dish that we eat from or serve food on
plate definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She handed me a clean plate for dessert.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĄā§‡āϜāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϞ⧇āϟ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āύāĻŽā§āĻŦāϰ āĻĒā§āϞ⧇āϟ, āϞāĻžāχāϏ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ āĻĒā§āϞ⧇āϟ

a flat piece of metal at the front and back of a vehicle displaying numbers and letters
plate definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He checked the plate to ensure it matched the registration paperwork before buying the car.
āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āϕ⧇āύāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āύāĻŽā§āĻŦāϰ āĻĒā§āϞ⧇āϟ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāύ āĻ•āĻžāĻ—āϜāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŽā§‡āϞ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĻāĻžāρāϤ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϞ⧇āϟ, āĻ…āĻĒāϏāĻžāϰāĻŖāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ āĻĻāĻžāρāϤ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āĻĨ⧇āϟāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϏ

a removable dental device, like a denture, used to replace missing teeth and their surrounding tissues
plate definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The dental technician crafted a comfortable plate for the patient.
āĻĄā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϞ āĻŸā§‡āĻ•āύāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāύ āϰ⧋āĻ—ā§€āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āφāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ• āĻĒā§āϞ⧇āϟ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϞ⧇āϟ, āϤāĻ•ā§āϤāĻž

a flat, thin sheet made of metal, wood, glass, or plastic, often used for structural, decorative, or functional purposes
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The metal plate reinforced the door for added security.
āϧāĻžāϤāĻŦ āĻĒā§āϞ⧇āϟ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻāϰāϜāĻžāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϞ⧇āϟ, āĻšā§‹āĻŽ

(baseball) where the batter stands to hit, and the point where runs are scored when a player reaches it
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The catcher blocked the plate to prevent the runner from scoring.
āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāϚāĻžāϰ āϰāĻžāύāĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧋āϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϞ⧇āϟ āĻŦā§āϞāĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
06

a full-page illustration, typically printed on glossy or separate paper

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She admired the botanical plates in the reference guide.
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the quantity of material or portion served in a single plate

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The waiter brought two plates of salad.
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a metal sheathing of uniform thickness, often used as armor or protective covering

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Artillery crews were shielded by metal plates.
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a shallow receptacle used for collection, especially in church

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Donations were placed in the collection plate.
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a horizontal structural member providing bearing, anchorage, or support

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Anchor bolts were embedded in the plate.
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a flat sheet of metal, glass, or other material used to record an image

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Early cameras used wet plates for portraits.
12

the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube or electron tube

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Engineers measured the current at the tube 's plate.
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any flat, platelike structural element or body

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Geological plates move slowly beneath the Earth's crust.
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a main course of food served on a dish

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The restaurant serves generous plates at dinner.
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the thin underportion of the forequarter of meat

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Ribs are attached to the plate section.
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āĻĒā§āϞ⧇āϟ, āĻŸā§‡āĻ•āĻŸā§‹āύāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āϞ⧇āϟ

a large, rigid section of the Earth's lithosphere that moves, leading to geological activity like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The African Plate and the South American Plate have a convergent boundary, contributing to the formation of the Andes Mountains.
āφāĻĢā§āϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāύ āĻĒā§āϞ⧇āϟ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻŖ āφāĻŽā§‡āϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāύ āĻĒā§āϞ⧇āϟ āĻāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϏāĻžāϰ⧀ āϏ⧀āĻŽāĻžāύāĻž āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āϝāĻž āφāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāϜ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻŦāϤāĻŽāĻžāϞāĻž āĻ—āĻ āύ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāĻĻāĻžāύ āϰāĻžāϖ⧇āĨ¤
01

āĻĒā§āϞ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āϏāĻžāϜāĻžāύ⧋, āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to arrange and present food attractively on a dish or serving surface
Transitive: to plate food
to plate definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She plated the dessert with a drizzle of chocolate sauce and a dusting of powdered sugar.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϚāĻ•āϞ⧇āϟ āϏāϏ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĢā§‹āρāϟāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒāĻžāωāĻĄāĻžāϰ āϚāĻŋāύāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϟāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϞ⧇āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϞ⧇āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāĻŦāϰāĻŖ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to cover a metal object with a thin layer or coating of a different metal
Transitive: to plate a metal with another
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They plated the copper wires with a layer of tin to prevent corrosion.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϤāĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āϟāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒā§āϞ⧇āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϜāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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