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