Plate

Noun

 * 1) A dish from which food is served or eaten.
 * I filled my plate from the bountiful table.
 * 1) The contents of such a dish.
 * I ate a plate of beans.
 * 1) A course at a meal.
 * The meat plate was particularly tasty.
 * 1) A flat metallic object of uniform thickness.
 * A clutch usually has two plates.
 * 1) A vehicle license plate
 * He stole a car and changed the plates as soon as he could.
 * 1)  A weighted disk, usually of metal, with a hole in the center for use with a barbell, dumbbell, or exercise machine.
 * 2)  An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper.
 * We finished making the plates this morning.
 * 1)  An image or copy.
 * 2) An illustration in a book, either black and white, or colour, usually on a page of paper of different quality from the text pages.
 * 3)  A shaped and fitted surface, usually ceramic or metal that fits into the mouth and in which teeth are implanted; a dental plate.
 * 4)  A horizontal framing member at the top or bottom of a group of vertical studs.
 * 5) A decorative or food service item coated with silver.
 * The tea was served in the plate.
 * 1)  A foot, from "plates of meat".
 * Sit down and give your plates a rest.
 * 1)  Home plate.
 * There was a close play at the plate.
 * 1)  A tectonic plate.
 * 2)  Plate armour.
 * He was confronted by two knights in full plate.
 * 1) The type of scales covering some kinds of reptile.
 * 2) An electrode such as can be found in an accumulator battery, or in an electrolysis tank

Derived terms

 * blue-plate special
 * collection plate


 * fashion plate
 * on a plate
 * plate armour


 * platemail

Verb

 * 1) To cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material, usually a metal.
 * This ring is plated with a thin layer of gold.
 * 1) To place the various elements of a meal on the diner's plate prior to serving.
 * After preparation, the chef will plate the dish.
 * 1) To perform cunnilingus.
 * He fingered her as he plated her with his tongue.
 * 1)  To score a run.
 * The single plated the runner from second base.
 * 1)  To specify which airline a ticket will be issued on behalf of.
 * Tickets are normally plated on an itinerary's first international airline.

Adjectives for Plate
special; deep; piping-hot; untouched; burdensome; leaden; circular; photographic; burnished; rimless; elastic; lustrous.

Verbs for Plate
arrange —s; chip—; cram—; lick—; load —; mar—; retrieve—; scour—; shatter—; stack —s; —crashes; —gleams; — harmonize; —rotates; —shatters; —shines.

Thesaurus
Chateaubriand, alveolar ridge, anodized aluminum, antepast, armor, backing, bibliofilm, billhead, bipack, black-and-white film, blade roast, book stamp, bookplate, brand, breast, bridgework, brisket, broad arrow, cachet, cartridge, charger, check, chitin, chromium plate, chromium-plate, chuck, chuck roast, clod, coat, coating, cold cuts, collop, colophon, color film, color negative film, copperplate, cortex, counterfoil, countermark, course, cover, covering, cut, deal, dental bridge, dentition, denture, dessert, dish, disk, docket, dope, dry plate, duplicate plate, electrocoating, electroplate, electroplating, electrotype, elytron, emulsion, entree, entremets, episperm, face, false teeth, feuille, filet mignon, film, flank, flap, foil, fold, frame, galvanize, gold plate, government mark, government stamp, gums, hallmark, help, helping, illustration, imprint, ivories, knuckle, label, lamella, lamina, laminate, laminated glass, laminated wood, lamination, lap, layer, leaf, letterhead, locked-up page, logo, logotype, loin, lorica, lorication, mail, masthead, membrane, microfilm, monochromatic film, motion-picture film, negative, nickel plate, orthochromatic film, overlay, pack, panchromatic film, pane, panel, patina, peel, pellicle, pericarp, periodontal tissue, photographic paper, picture, place, plait, plank, plastic plate, plate piece, plating, platter, ply, plywood, portion, pot roast, price tag, print, printing paper, printing plate, printing surface, protective covering, rack, rasher, registered trademark, rib roast, ribs, roast, roll, rolled roast, round, rubber plate, rump, rump roast, running head, running title, saddle, safety glass, scum, scute, scutum, seal, second helping, service, serving, set of teeth, shank, sheet, shell, shield, short ribs, shoulder, shoulder clod, sigil, signet, silver plate, sirloin, skin, slab, slat, slice, sound film, sound track, sound-on-film, soundstripe, stamp, steel plate, stereotype, sticker, stone, stub, table, tablet, tag, tally, teeth, tenderloin, test, testa, thick skin, ticket, title page, token, trade name, trademark, trademark name, trencher, tripack, typeform, uppers and lowers, vehicle, veneer, wafer, zincograph, zincotype

Etymology
plate: ← plata: ←  *undefined: ←  πλατύς:.

Noun

 * Albanian: pjatë
 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic:
 * Armenian: ,
 * Belarusian: талерка
 * Catalan: plat
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 盤子, 盘子
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: თეფში, საინი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: πινάκιον (pinácion), σκεύος (scévos)
 * Modern: πιάτο (pçáto), πινάκι (pináci)
 * Hebrew: צלחת
 * Hindi: प्लेट
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 皿


 * Korean: 접시
 * Kurdish:
 * Latin:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Occitan: sieta
 * Persian: بشقاب
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Sardinian: prattu
 * Scottish Gaelic: mias, soitheach , truinnsear
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: tanjir
 * Roman: тањир
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: тарілка
 * Urdu: پلیٹ
 * Welsh: plât
 * Zulu: isitsha (nc 7)


 * Spanish:


 * Czech:
 * Greek: πιάτο (pçáto)


 * Norwegian: rett
 * Spanish:


 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: έλασμα (élazma), φύλλο (fílo) , πλάκα (pláka)


 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Scottish Gaelic: lann, clàr
 * Serbian: pločast, tanjirast
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Persian: پلاک
 * Russian: номерной знак


 * Spanish: ,


 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: painolaatta, painolevy
 * German: Druckstock


 * Greek: λιθογράφημα (lithográfima), κλισέ  (klisé)
 * Norwegian: trykkplate
 * Spanish:


 * Spanish:


 * Spanish:


 * Greek: μασέλα (maséla)


 * Spanish:


 * Dutch:
 * Greek: ασημένιο σερβίτσιο (asiménio servítsio)


 * Norwegian:


 * Dutch: thuishonk


 * Finnish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (bǎnkuài)
 * Finnish:
 * French: plaque tectonique


 * Greek: τεκτονική πλάκα (tektonikí pláka)
 * Norwegian:
 * Russian:


 * Spanish:


 * Spanish:

Verb

 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * German: überziehen
 * Norwegian: plettere
 * Spanish:


 * Czech:


 * Norwegian: legge opp

Derived terms

 * electroplate

Anagrams

 * leapt
 * lepta
 * Patel
 * petal
 * pleat
 * tepal

Noun

 * 1) Very small flat boat.

Adjective

 * 1)  Annoyingly boring.
 * 2)  Troublesome.
 * 1)  Troublesome.

Anagrams

 * palet
 * pelât

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Noun

 * 1) a bowl
 * Can a hev a plate o soup?

Pronunciation

 * , or sometimes in the Borders