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Plate
pleɪt
- a flat dish, typically circular and made of china, from which food is eaten or served
"he pushed his empty plate to one side and sipped his wine"
- an amount of food on a plate
"a plate of spaghetti"
- a main course of a meal, served on one plate
"he recommended the roast beef plate"
- a plate of food contributed by a guest to a social gathering
"he was invited to a party and asked to bring a plate"
- a flat dish, typically made of metal or wood, passed round a church congregation in order to collect donations of money
"they brought round the collection plates"
- a shallow glass dish on which a culture of cells or microorganisms may be grown
"a tissue culture plate"
- dishes, bowls, cups, and other utensils made of gold, silver, or other metal
"an exhibition of the plate belonging to the college"
- a silver or gold dish or trophy awarded as a prize in a race or competition
"she lifted the plate in victory"
- a race or competition in which a silver or gold dish or trophy is awarded
"the final of the Ladies' Plate at Henley"
- a thin, flat sheet or strip of metal or other material, typically one used to join or strengthen things or forming part of a machine
"he underwent surgery to have a steel plate put into his leg"
- a small, flat piece of metal or other material bearing a name or inscription and attached to a door or other object
"a discreet brass plate announced William Marsden, RA"
- a horizontal timber laid along the top of a wall to support the ends of joists or rafters
- a light horseshoe for a racehorse
- a thin, flat organic structure or formation
"the fused bony plates protect the tortoise's soft parts"
- each of the several rigid pieces of the earth's lithosphere which together make up the earth's surface
"the Pacific Ocean plate"
- a sheet of metal, plastic, or other material bearing an image of type or illustrations from which multiple copies are printed
"the correct alignment of the plates in four-colour printing"
- a printed photograph, picture, or illustration, especially one on superior-quality paper in a book
"the book contains sixty colour plates"
- a thin sheet of metal, glass, or other substance coated with a light-sensitive film on which an image is formed, used in larger or older types of camera
- a thin piece of plastic moulded to the shape of a person's mouth and gums, to which artificial teeth or another orthodontic appliance are attached
- a complete denture or orthodontic appliance
- a thin piece of metal that acts as an electrode in a capacitor, battery, or cell
- the anode of a thermionic valve
- cover (a metal object) with a thin coating of a different metal
- cover (an object) with plates of metal for decoration, protection, or strength
"the ship is plated in the bows with steel eighteen millimetres thick"
- serve or arrange (food) on a plate or plates
"overcooked vegetables won't look appetizing, no matter how they are plated"
- score or cause to score (a run or runs)
"Matt Wignot plated two of Clarkson's runs"
- inoculate (cells or infective material) on to a culture plate, especially with the object of isolating a particular strain of microorganisms or estimating viable cell numbers