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'plate' - used as a noun
1. a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
2. (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
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
6. a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
7. the thin under portion of the forequarter
8. a main course served on a plate
a vegetable 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
12. structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
13. a shallow receptacle for collection in church
14. a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
15. a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth

'plate' - used as a verb
16. coat with a layer of metal
plate spoons with silver

derived forms
1. Plate / Plural
plates
2. Plate / Past
plated
3. Plate / Third Person
plates
4. Plate / Present Participle
plating
Variations of 'plate'
 
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