PLATE

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

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