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plate

noun

1 plate

baseball Base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score.

synonyms: home, home base, home plate.

Roget 298: eating etc. v.; deglutition, gulp, epulation, mastication, manducation, rumination; gluttony etc. 957.    [eating specific foods] ... show more

Roget 558: engraving, chalcography; line engraving, mezzotint engraving, stipple engraving, chalk engraving; dry point, bur; etching, aquatinta; chiseling; plate engraving, copperplate engraving, steel engraving, ... show more

Roget 251: flatness etc. adj.; smoothness etc. 255.    plane; level etc. 213; plate, platter, table, tablet, ... show more

Roget 191: receptacle; inclosure etc. 232; recipient, receiver, reservatory.    compartment; cell, cellule; follicle; hole, corner, niche, ... show more

Dutch: thuishonk

2 plate

A sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic.

Polish: płyta

3 plate

A full-page illustration (usually on slick paper).

4 plate

Dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten.

Dutch: plaat, dienblad, bord
Polish: talerz

5 plate

The quantity contained in a plate.

synonym: plateful.

Dutch: boordevol
Polish: talerz

6 plate

A rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly.

synonym: crustal plate.

Dutch: plaat, schol

7 plate

The thin under portion of the forequarter.

8 plate

A main course served on a plate.

9 plate

Any flat platelike body structure or part.

Polish: płytka

10 plate

The positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube.

11 plate

A flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded.

synonym: photographic plate.

Dutch: plaat, etsplaat
Polish: klisza

12 plate

Structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage.

13 plate

A shallow receptacle for collection in church.

synonym: collection plate.

14 plate

A metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners).

synonyms: scale, shell.

Roget 223: covering, cover; baldachin, baldachino, baldaquin; canopy, tilt, awning, tent, marquee, tente d'abri [Fr.], umbrella, parasol, sunshade; ... show more

Roget 204: layer, stratum, strata, course, bed, zone, substratum, substrata, floor, flag, stage, story, tier, slab, ... show more

15 plate

A dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth.

synonyms: dental plate, denture.

Dutch: gebitsprothese, gebit, tandprothese, kunstgebit
Polish: proteza dentystyczna

verb

1 plate

Coat with a layer of metal.

Roget 204: slice, shave, pare, peel; delaminate; plate, coat, veneer; cover etc. 223.   

Roget 223: cover; superpose, superimpose; overlay, overspread; wrap etc. 225; encase, incase; face, case, veneer, ... show more


Moby thesaurus: Chateaubriand, alveolar ridge, anodized aluminum, antepast, armor, backing, bibliofilm, billhead, bipack, black-and-white film, blade roast, book stamp, bookplate, brand, breast, bridgework, brisket, broad arrow, cachet, cartridge ... show more.

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