English to English
plate
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noun (n)
- (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly(noun.object)source: wordnet30
- the thin under portion of the forequarter(noun.food)source: wordnet30
- a main course served on a plate(noun.food)Example:
A vegetable plate.
The blue plate special.
source: wordnet30 - any flat platelike body structure or part(noun.body)source: wordnet30
- the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- a shallow receptacle for collection in church(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in comparison with the other dimensions; a thick sheet of metal; as, a steel plate.(noun)source: webster1913
- A small five-sided area (enveloping a diamond- shaped area one foot square) beside which the batter stands and which must be touched by some part of a player on completing a run; -- called also home base, or home plate.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- coat with a layer of metal(verb.contact)Example:
Plate spoons with silver.
source: wordnet30 - To cover or overlay with gold, silver, or other metals, either by a mechanical process, as hammering, or by a chemical process, as electrotyping.(verb)source: webster1913