Definition of Plate

Noun

  • a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
    - dental plate
  • a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
  • 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
  • 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

Verb

  • coat with a layer of metal
    "plate spoons with silver"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

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Unscramble plate

60 unscramble word found using the letters plate.
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