Meaning & Definition of Plate in English
Plate
noun
1. (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands
- It must be touched by a base runner in order to score
- "He ruled that the runner failed to touch home"
- home plate,
- home base,
- home,
- plate
2. A sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
- plate
3. A full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
- plate
4. Dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
- plate
5. The quantity contained in a plate
- plate,
- plateful
6. A rigid layer of the earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
- plate,
- crustal plate
7. The thin under portion of the forequarter
- plate
8. A main course served on a plate
- "A vegetable plate"
- "The blue plate special"
- plate
9. Any flat platelike body structure or part
- plate
10. The positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
- plate
11. A flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
- plate,
- photographic plate
12. Structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
- plate
13. A shallow receptacle for collection in church
- plate,
- collection plate
14. A metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
- plate,
- scale,
- shell
15. A dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
- denture,
- dental plate,
- plate
verb
1. Coat with a layer of metal
- "Plate spoons with silver"
- plate