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A flat dish, typically circular and made of china, from which food is eaten or served
“When dinner had ended, I scraped the food from my plate back into the dish, and I handed Nathaniel my dish.”
A thin, flat sheet or strip of metal or other material
“I later heard that he needed an operation and had a metal plate inserted.”
A flat, thin circular object
“Thus, the first large speculum made in a single piece was a round plate of metal three feet in diameter.”
An amount of food on a plate
“She orders a plate of seafood, but redeems herself by smothering everything with olive oil, and we get down to business.”
A printed photograph, picture, or illustration, especially one on superior-quality paper in a book
“I gazed for the longest time at a full-color plate of the dome of the Royal Mosque in Isfahan.”
A plate bearing a registration or license number, typically on a vehicle
“Quickly, the contractor focused his binoculars on the car's license plate, and realized that it was the vehicle owned by Reuben.”
A small, flat piece of metal or other material bearing a name or inscription
“Everybody was pleased when Old Lamb had made money enough to shut up shop, and put his name on a brass plate on his door.”
A picture or image made using a camera
A schematic or visual representation of how something works or is built
A chunk of a solid object
A cup or other decorative object awarded as a prize for a victory or success
A layer or deposit of material that resembles an animal scale
A solid material that is typically hard, shiny, malleable, fusible, and ductile
The terminal through which electric current passes between parts of an electric circuit
A horny, chitinous, or bony external plate or scale found on certain species
A notice on public display that gives information or instructions in a written or symbolic form
Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis
Silver dishes, containers, or cutlery
A protective suit worn to defend against physical attacks
A mold in which something is cast or shaped
To coat with a (typically metallic) layer
“Then, when it is cool, they knock the clay out and cover the idol with black pitch for about two days, and then plate it with gold.”
To separate into thin plates or layers
To describe or express in too exaggerated terms
To coat or plate with silver
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