Plate

Word PLATE
Character 5
Hyphenation plate
Pronunciations /pleɪt/

Definitions and meanings of "Plate"

What do we mean by plate?

A smooth, flat, relatively thin, rigid body of uniform thickness. noun

A sheet of hammered, rolled, or cast metal. noun

A very thin applied or deposited coat of metal. noun

A flat piece of metal forming part of a machine. noun

A flat piece of metal on which something is engraved. noun

A license plate. noun

A thin piece of metal used for armor. noun

Armor made of such pieces. noun

A sheet of metal, plastic, rubber, paperboard, or other material prepared for use as a printing surface, such as an electrotype or a stereotype. noun

A print of a woodcut, lithograph, or other engraved material, especially when reproduced in a book. noun

A full-page book illustration, often in color and printed on paper different from that used for text pages. noun

A light-sensitive sheet of glass or metal on which a photographic image can be recorded. noun

A thin metallic or plastic support fitted to the gums to anchor artificial teeth. noun

In wood-frame construction, a horizontal member, capping the exterior wall studs, upon which the roof rafters rest. noun

Home plate. noun

A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten.

Such dishes collectively.

The contents of such a dish.

A course at a meal.

An agenda of tasks, problems, or responsibilities

A flat metallic object of uniform thickness.

A vehicle license plate.

A taxi permit, especially of a metal disc.

A layer of a material on the surface of something, usually qualified by the type of the material; plating

A material covered with such a layer.

A decorative or food service item coated with silver or gold.

A weighted disk, usually of metal, with a hole in the center for use with a barbell, dumbbell, or exercise machine.

An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper.

An image or copy.

An illustration in a book, either black and white, or colour, usually on a page of paper of different quality from the text pages.

A shaped and fitted surface, usually ceramic or metal that fits into the mouth and in which teeth are implanted; a dental plate.

A horizontal framing member at the top or bottom of a group of vertical studs.

A foot, from "plates of meat".

Home plate.

A tectonic plate.

Plate armour.

Any of various larger scales found in some reptiles.

A flat electrode such as can be found in an accumulator battery, or in an electrolysis tank.

The anode of a vacuum tube.

Silver or gold, in the form of a coin, or less often silver or gold utensils or dishes (from Spanish plata ("silver")).

A roundel of silver or tinctured argent.

A prize given to the winner in a contest.

Any flat piece of material such as coated glass or plastic.

(travel industry) A metallic card, used to imprint tickets with an airline's logo, name, and numeric code.

(travel industry, by extension) The ability of a travel agent to issue tickets on behalf of a particular airline.

A VIN plate, particularly with regard to the car's year of manufacture.

One of the thin parts of the brisket of an animal.

A very light steel horseshoe for racehorses.

(furriers' slang) Skins for fur linings of garments, sewn together and roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted.

(hat-making) The fine nap (as of beaver, musquash, etc.) on a hat whose body is made from inferior material.

A record, usually vinyl.

Term used in the gym to indicate a 45-pound weight, used on an olympic barbell. Additionally, the term plate can be used to indicate another weight, when preceded by the number. Urban Dictionary

An act of oral sex i.e. Fellatio/cunnylingus. Urban Dictionary

A section of the crust of the earth, which is cracked. Each plate moves slowly over a very viscous thick liquid called the mantle, which itself covers a liquid metal core and solid inner core, mostly made of iron and nickle. These plates are called "tectonic" plates. These types of plates may make contact with each other in various ways to cause earthquakes and form volcanoes, trenches and mountains. Urban Dictionary

A record, usu. a 12" Urban Dictionary

To Plate : to record a photograph on any medium. From historical use of cut to size glass plates as a substrate or carrier medium for light sensitive emulsion. Urban Dictionary

Money, from Spanish 'plata' ( silver or money). Also, anything valuable. Urban Dictionary

Term used in the gym to indicate a 45-pound weight, used on an olympic barbell. Additionally, the term plate can be used to indicate another weight, when preceded by the number. Urban Dictionary

Something flat that you can't live in. You can eat on it or just look at it. It's not nice to throw a plate on someone you like. But it's okey to throw it on someone you don't like. A plate is often smaller than an elephant. Urban Dictionary

Verb to cover over an object with another substance Urban Dictionary

Noun a product of the steel industry used in making beams, large ships, pipelines, oil platforms and the like. Ranging in thickness from about 3-4mm up to 253mm, can be difficult to produce due to variety of chemical compositions and operator skill. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Plate

The word "plate" in example sentences

I tipped over the name plate on his desk: Dr. Richard Salmon. ❋ Ron Earl Phillips (2011)

Noticing the suit and tie, he spoke to me first, looking down his nose, as he did so, to the name plate on my breast pocket. ❋ TimChambers (2011)

On display are sculptures in chocolate: a life size one of Ms. Brown's figure, of her diploma a masters in milk chocolate, a pair of her high heels and a name plate from her desk that identifies Ms. Brown as the "Chief Chocolate Officer" of M&M's. ❋ Marshall Heyman (2012)

I said goodbye quickly to the metro editor, logged off my computer, placed my name plate in my bag and left. ❋ Jack Canfield (2009)

According to the title plate, the video was shot by Canadian Force Combat Camera 8-9 July about 25 km west of Kandahar. ❋ Ed Hollett (2006)

“According to the title plate, this work of art is by Andrey Rublyov and is called St. Albert in Agony.” ❋ Brad Thor (2004)

Eventually we left without settling on anything because a preliminary problem could not be solved: the name plate was too high up on the wall to reach. ❋ Jung Chang (1991)

Ex1: Im [benching] [315] now! That's three plates on each side! ( 6x45 + 45 [lb]. bar ) Ex2: I bought a couple of 25 lb. plates for my home gym. ❋ TravisM (2006)

[Oi] [slut], [give me] a plate! ❋ Bowlesy (2006)

"[The earthquake] was cause at the plate boundery." the [seperation] of the two plates. Plates fit together like a [jigsaw] ❋ Alegna Smith (2005)

[Put on] that plate, I like the [B-side] [mix]! ❋ DJdre (2004)

"Let's plate this face and get [outa] [this place]" ❋ Fotog (2004)

Man, [I'm flat]. First mark [I see], I'm [takin] plate. ❋ Anarcissie (2011)

Ex1: Im [benching] [315] now! That's three plates on each side! ( 6x45 + 45 [lb]. bar ) Ex2: I bought a couple of 25 lb. plates for my home gym. ❋ Travis M. (2006)

Don't bite on that plate dear, it will leave marks! [Do you remember] [Abigail] from [Boston], her cat looks just like a plate. My plate rocks. ❋ KingCarex (2010)

Not listening to his dentist, he hadn't brush too often and the [plaque] had [plated] over his teeth and hardened into a false [enamel]. ❋ Mandrake64 (2004)

... and he really fucked up the last rolling of [5mm] plate when he used the wrong trim for the roll gap and it [cobbled] into [the thickness] gauge. ❋ Mandrake64 (2004)

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