plate

/plˈeɪt/

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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"
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
Noun
a rigid layer of the Earth''s crust that is believed to drift slowly
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
Noun
a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
Noun
structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
Noun
a shallow receptacle for collection in church
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a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
Noun
a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
Verb
coat with a layer of metal; "plate spoons with silver"
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