Plate Definition
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Old French plate ← Medieval Latin plata ← Vulgar Latin *plat(t)us ← Ancient Greek πλατύς (“broad, flat, wide”).
Pronunciation
Noun
plate (plural plates)
- A dish from which food is served or eaten.
- I filled my plate from the bountiful table.
- The contents of such a dish.
- I ate a plate of beans.
- A course at a meal.
- The meat plate was particularly tasty.
- A flat metallic object of uniform thickness.
- A clutch usually has two plates.
- A vehicle license plate
- He stole a car and changed the plates as soon as he could.
- (dated) A decorative or food service item coated with silver.
- The tea was served in the plate.
- (weightlifting) A weighted disk, usually of metal, with a hole in the center for use with a barbell, dumbbell, or exercise machine.
- (printing) An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper.
- We finished making the plates this morning.
- (printing, photography) An image or copy.
- (printing, publishing) An illustration in a book, either black and white, or colour, usually on a page of paper of different quality from the text pages.
- (dentistry) A shaped and fitted surface, usually ceramic or metal that fits into the mouth and in which teeth are implanted; a dental plate.
- (construction) A horizontal framing member at the top or bottom of a group of vertical studs.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) A foot, from "plates of meat".
- Sit down and give your plates a rest.
- (baseball) Home plate.
- There was a close play at the plate.
- (geology) A tectonic plate.
- (historical) Plate armour.
- He was confronted by two knights in full plate.
- (herpetology) Any of various larger scales found in some reptiles.
- (engineering, electricity) An electrode such as can be found in an accumulator battery, or in an electrolysis tank.
Derived terms
terms derived from the noun "plate"
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Verb
plate (third-person singular simple present plates, present participle plating, simple past and past participle plated)
- 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.
- To place the various elements of a meal on the diner's plate prior to serving.
- After preparation, the chef will plate the dish.
- To perform cunnilingus.
- He fingered her as he plated her with his tongue.
- (baseball) To score a run.
- The single plated the runner from second base.
- (aviation, travel industry) To specify which airline a ticket will be issued on behalf of.
- Tickets are normally plated on an itinerary's first international airline.
Translations
to cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material
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French
Etymology 1
Adjective
plate f.
- feminine form of plat
Noun
plate f. (plural plates)
- Very small flat boat.
Etymology 2
Adjective
plate (epicene, plural plates)
- (Canada, informal) Annoyingly boring.
- 1999, Chrystine Brouillet, Les Fiancées de l'Enfer, ISBN 2-89021-363-3, page 204:
- "On va se mettre à ressembler aux gens qui racontent leur crisse de vie plate dans les émissions de télé débiles." — We're going to sound like those people who tell they frickin' boring lives on those idiotic tv shows.
- 1999, Chrystine Brouillet, Les Fiancées de l'Enfer, ISBN 2-89021-363-3, page 204:
- (Canada, informal) Troublesome.
Anagrams
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA: /plet/, or sometimes IPA: /plɪt/ in the Borders
Noun
plate (plural plates)
- a bowl
- Can a hev a plate o soup?
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