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plate

noun

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"
Synonyms: home, home base, home plate
a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
the quantity contained in a plate
Synonyms: plateful
a rigid layer of the Earth''s crust that is believed to drift slowly
Synonyms: crustal plate
the thin under portion of the forequarter
a main course served on a plate; "a vegetable plate"; "the blue plate special"
any flat platelike body structure or part
the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
Synonyms: photographic plate
structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
a shallow receptacle for collection in church
Synonyms: collection plate
a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
Synonyms: scale, shell
a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
Synonyms: dental plate, denture
the position on a baseball team of the player who is stationed behind home plate and who catches the balls that the pitcher throws; "a catcher needs a lot of protective equipment"; "he plays behind the plate"
Synonyms: catcher

verb