Definition of Plate

Noun

• a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
  denture - dental plate
• a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
  scale shell
• a shallow receptacle for collection in church
  - collection plate
• structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
  
• a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
  - photographic plate
• the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
  
• any flat platelike body structure or part
  
• a main course served on a plate
  "a vegetable plate"
  "the blue plate special"
  
• the thin under portion of the forequarter
  
• a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
  - crustal plate
• the quantity contained in a plate
  plateful
• dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
  
• a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
  
• a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
  
• (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

Verb

• coat with a layer of metal
  "plate spoons with silver"
  

Word games points for the Plate

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Unscramble plate

60 unscramble word found using the letters plate.

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