1. a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
2. the contents of such a dish.
3. an entire course of a meal served on such a dish: I had the vegetable plate for lunch.
4. the food and service for one person, as at a banquet, fund-raising dinner, or the like: The wedding breakfast cost $20 a plate.
5. household dishes, utensils, etc., of metal plated with gold or silver.
6. household dishes, utensils, etc., made of gold or silver.
7. a dish, as of metal or wood, used for collecting offerings, as in a church: I don't make enough money to tithe, but I always bring a few dollars for when they pass the plate during service.
8. a thin, flat sheet or piece of metal or other material, especially of uniform thickness.
9. metal in such sheets.
10. a flat, polished piece of metal on which something may be or is engraved.
11. license plate: a car with New Jersey plates.
12. a 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.
13. a printed impression from such a piece or from some similar piece, as a woodcut.
14. a full-page illustration in a book, especially an insert on paper different from the text pages.
15. a piece of armor made from a thin, flat piece or several such pieces of tough material, especially wrought iron or steel.
16. armor composed of thin, flat pieces; plate armor.
17. Dentistry.
• the part of a denture that conforms to the mouth and contains the teeth.
• the entire denture.
18. Baseball.
• home plate.
• rubber¹ (def. 14).
19. plate glass.
20. a sheet of glass, metal, etc., coated with a sensitized emulsion, used for taking a photograph.
21. a platelike part, structure, or organ.
22. a thin piece or cut of beef from the lower end of the ribs.
23. crustal plate: the Pacific Plate;the Cocos and Rivera Plates.
24. one of the interior elements of a vacuum tube, toward which electrons are attracted by virtue of its positive charge; anode. Abbreviation: P
25. 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.
26. a gold or silver cup or the like awarded as the prize in a horse race or some other contest.
27. a horse race or some other contest for such a prize.
28. a rounded argent.

29. to coat (metal) with a thin film of gold, silver, nickel, etc., by mechanical or chemical means.
30. to cover or overlay with metal plates for protection.
31. to place (food) on or in a dish before serving (often followed by up): Plate the scallops, then deglaze the pan to make your sauce.
32. Metalworking.
• to forge (a bloom or the like) into a broad piece.
• to hammer (cutlery) gently to produce an even surface.
33. to make a stereotype or electrotype plate from (type).
34. to give a high gloss to (paper), as on supercalendered paper.

35. to have as an immediate task, obligation, or prospect: I had too much on my plate already to take on another task.

1. a coin, especially of silver.

• a shallow usually circular dish made of porcelain, earthenware, glass, etc, on which food is served or from which food is eaten
• (as modifier)
• the contents of a plate or the amount a plate will hold
• a plate of cakes, sandwiches, etc, brought by a guest to a party
3. an entire course of a meal
4. any shallow or flat receptacle, esp for receiving a collection in church
5. flat metal of uniform thickness obtained by rolling, usually having a thickness greater than about three millimetres
6. a thin coating of metal usually on another metal, as produced by electrodeposition, chemical action, etc
7. metal or metalware that has been coated in this way, esp with gold or silver
8. dishes, cutlery, etc, made of gold or silver
9. a sheet of metal, plastic, rubber, etc, having a printing surface produced by a process such as stereotyping, moulding, or photographic deposition
10. a print taken from such a sheet or from a woodcut, esp when appearing in a book
11. a thin flat sheet of a substance, such as metal or glass
12. armour made of overlapping or articulated pieces of thin metal
13. photog
• a sheet of glass, or sometimes metal, coated with photographic emulsion on which an image can be formed by exposure to light
• (as modifier)
14. an orthodontic device, esp one used for straightening children's teeth
15. an informal word for denture (def. 1)
16. 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
18. any of the rigid layers of the earth's lithosphere of which there are believed to be at least 15
19. electronics
• the anode in an electronic valve
• an electrode in an accumulator or capacitor
20. a horizontal timber joist that supports rafters or studs
21. a light horseshoe for flat racing
22. a thin cut of beef from the brisket
23. See plate rail
24. a flat plate held under the chin of a communicant in order to catch any fragments of the consecrated Host
25. a coin, esp one made of silver
26. in such a way as to be acquired without further trouble
27. waiting to be done or dealt with

28. to coat (a surface, usually metal) with a thin layer of other metal by electrolysis, chemical reaction, etc
29. to cover with metal plates, as for protection
30. to make a stereotype or electrotype from (type or another plate)
31. to form (metal) into plate, esp by rolling
32. to give a glossy finish to (paper) by calendering
33. to grow (microorganisms) in a culture medium

1. River Plate the English name for the (Río de la) Plata

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