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Plate
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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈpleɪt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/pleɪt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(plāt)
- Inflections of 'plate' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
- plates
- v 3rd person singular
- plating
- v pres p
- plated
- v past
- plated
- v past p
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Plate /pleɪt/ n - River Plate ⇒ the English name for the (Río de la) Plata
plate1 /pleɪt/USA pronunciation
n., v., plat•ed, plat•ing. n. - a shallow dish from which food is eaten:[countable]He took a plate and filled it with food.
- the contents of such a dish;
plateful:[countable]Finish your plate before you have dessert.
- the food and service for one person:[countable]a benefit dinner at $100 a plate.
- [uncountable]
- household dishes, utensils, etc., of metal covered with a thin layer of gold or silver.
- [countable] a dish used for collecting offerings, as in a church.
- Metallurgy a thin, flat sheet or piece of metal or other material, esp. of uniform thickness:[countable]He opened a small plate on the side of the robot.
- a flat, polished piece of metal on which something may be engraved:[countable]He had a plate on the door of his office with his name and title.
- Printing[countable] a sheet on which something has been engraved, to be inked and used in a press for printing impressions.
- [countable] a printed impression from such a piece, as a woodcut.
- [countable] a full-page illustration in a book, esp. on paper different from the text pages.
- Dentistry[countable]
- the part of a denture that is the same shape as the mouth and contains the teeth.
- Geology[countable] a rigid section of the earth's crust that causes continental drift when it moves.
v. [~ + object]
- Metallurgyto coat (metal) with a thin film of gold, silver, etc.
- Metallurgyto cover with metal plates for protection:The new tank was plated with six-inch-thick armor.
plat•ed, adj. : gold-plated silverware.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026plate1
(plāt),USA pronunciation n., v., plat•ed, plat•ing. n. - a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- the contents of such a dish;
plateful.
- an entire course of a meal served on such a dish:I had the vegetable plate for lunch.
- the food and service for one person, as at a banquet, fund-raising dinner, or the like:The wedding breakfast cost $20 a plate.
- household dishes, utensils, etc., of metal plated with gold or silver.
- household dishes, utensils, etc., made of gold or silver.
- a dish, as of metal or wood, used for collecting offerings, as in a church.
- Metallurgya thin, flat sheet or piece of metal or other material, esp. of uniform thickness.
- Metallurgymetal in such sheets.
- a flat, polished piece of metal on which something may be or is engraved.
- See license plate.
- Printinga flat or curved sheet of metal, plastic, glass, or similar hard material, on which a picture or text has been engraved, etched, molded, photographically developed, or drawn, that is inked, as in a press, for printing impressions on other surfaces.
- a printed impression from such a piece or from some similar piece, as a woodcut.
- a full-page illustration in a book, esp. an insert on paper different from the text pages.
- Heraldrya piece of armor made from a thin, flat piece or several such pieces of tough material, esp. wrought iron or steel.
- Heraldryarmor composed of thin, flat pieces;
plate armor.
- Dentistry
- the part of a denture that conforms to the mouth and contains the teeth.
- the entire denture.
- Sport[Baseball.]
- the plate. See home plate.
- rubber1 (def. 14).
- See plate glass.
- Photographya sheet of glass, metal, etc., coated with a sensitized emulsion, used for taking a photograph.
- Anatomy, Zoologya platelike part, structure, or organ.
- Fooda thin piece or cut of beef from the lower end of the ribs. See diag. under beef.
- GeologySee crustal plate.
- Electronics, Electricityone of the interior elements of a vacuum tube, toward which electrons are attracted by virtue of its positive charge;
anode. Abbr.: P
- Building[Carpentry.]any of various horizontal timbers or boards laid flat across the heads of studding, upon floors, etc., to support joists, rafters, or studs at or near their ends.
- Sporta gold or silver cup or the like awarded as the prize in a horse race or some other contest.
- Sporta horse race or some other contest for such a prize.
- Heraldrya rounded argent.
- Idioms have on one's plate, [Informal.]to have as an immediate task, obligation, or prospect:I had too much on my plate already to take on another task.
v.t. - Metallurgyto coat (metal) with a thin film of gold, silver, nickel, etc., by mechanical or chemical means.
- Metallurgyto cover or overlay with metal plates for protection.
- Metallurgy
- to forge (a bloom or the like) into a broad piece.
- to hammer (cutlery) gently to produce an even surface.
- Printingto make a stereotype or electrotype plate from (type).
- Printing[Papermaking.]to give a high gloss to (paper), as on supercalendered paper.
- Vulgar Latin *plattus, akin to Greek platýs broad, flat
- Old French: literally, something flat, noun, nominal use of feminine of plat flat1
- Middle English 1250–1300
- Currencya coin, esp. of silver.
- Old French; special use of plate plate1
- Middle English 1200–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
plate /pleɪt/ n - a shallow usually circular dish made of porcelain, earthenware, glass, etc, on which food is served or from which food is eaten
- (as modifier): a plate rack
- Also called: plateful the contents of a plate or the amount a plate will hold
- Austral NZ a plate of cakes, sandwiches, etc, brought by a guest to a party: everyone was asked to bring a plate
- an entire course of a meal: a cold plate
- any shallow or flat receptacle, esp for receiving a collection in church
- flat metal of uniform thickness obtained by rolling, usually having a thickness greater than about three millimetres
- a thin coating of metal usually on another metal, as produced by electrodeposition, chemical action, etc
- metal or metalware that has been coated in this way, esp with gold or silver: Sheffield plate
- dishes, cutlery, etc, made of gold or silver
- a sheet of metal, plastic, rubber, etc, having a printing surface produced by a process such as stereotyping, moulding, or photographic deposition
- a print taken from such a sheet or from a woodcut, esp when appearing in a book
- a thin flat sheet of a substance, such as metal or glass
- armour made of overlapping or articulated pieces of thin metal
- a sheet of glass, or sometimes metal, coated with photographic emulsion on which an image can be formed by exposure to light
- an orthodontic device, esp one used for straightening children's teeth
- any flat platelike structure or part
- a cup or trophy awarded to the winner of a sporting contest, esp a horse race
- a race or contest for such a prize
- any of the rigid layers of the earth's lithosphere of which there are believed to be at least 15
- chiefly US the anode in an electronic valve
- a horizontal timber joist that supports rafters or studs
- a light horseshoe for flat racing
- Also called: Communion plate a flat plate held under the chin of a communicant in order to catch any fragments of the consecrated Host
- on a plate ⇒ in such a way as to be acquired without further trouble: I was handed the job on a plate
- on one's plate ⇒ waiting to be done or dealt with
vb (transitive)- to coat (a surface, usually metal) with a thin layer of other metal by electrolysis, chemical reaction, etc
- to cover with metal plates, as for protection
- to make a stereotype or electrotype from (type or another plate)
- to form (metal) into plate, esp by rolling
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French: thin metal sheet, something flat, from Vulgar Latin plattus (unattested); related to Greek platus flat
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