plate1 nounplate2 verb
plateplate1 /pleɪt/ ●●● S2 W2 noun 
WORD ORIGINplate1
Origin:
1,3,7 1400-1500 French plat ‘plate, dish’, from plat ‘flat’, from Vulgar Latin plattus, probably from Greek platys ‘broad, flat’2, 4-5,8-11 1200-1300 Old French plat ‘flat’6 1300-1400 Partly from Old French plat ‘plate, piece of silver’, partly from Old Spanish plata ‘silver’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a salad plate
- Doctors had to insert a steel plate to repair the damage done to his head.
- The engine model number is on a plate just above the spark plug.
- The reptile's body is covered with horny protective plates.
- A little boy was washing plates and cups in a bowl of water glutinous with grease, food matter and drowned flies.
- Place chili on plate and top with quail.
- Police found the car in Knoxville, Tenn., with an Arizona license plate in the trunk.
- The lateral and ventral arm plates have distinctive transverse ridges most noticeable in dry specimens.
- The ventral interradial areas are covered with large plates like those of the dorsal surface, spinelets may be present.
- This, of course, relates directly to the plate histories of the two continents.
- Too many plates and you're asking for trouble.
- When the flames die out, transfer the rabbit to a plate.
Longman Language Activatorto have a problem
· If you have any problems, just come and ask me.· I had a few problems getting the copier to work.have a problem with · I'm having a bit of a problem with my dishwasher.· One landowner says he has never had any problems with hikers crossing his property.· Jane can be quite difficult to get on with -- I've had one or two problems with her in the past.
to have problems that make it more difficult to do something: · You look as if you're having trouble -- do you want any help?have trouble/difficulty with: · I had some trouble with the car this morning.· She's having a little difficulty with her spelling.have trouble/difficulty doing something: · He had a lot of trouble finding a job.· The child was having difficulty breathing.
to have serious problems: · It's clear from these figures that the company is in trouble.· When someone's in trouble it's natural to try and help them.get into trouble (=start having serious problems): · I took out a loan but got into trouble when I lost my job.in deep/serious/big trouble (=have very serious problems): · Consular officers can help and advise you if you are in any serious trouble while abroad.
to have a lot of problems or a lot of difficulty doing something: · Premature babies have a hard time even under the best of circumstances.have a hard time doing something: · A lot of people are having a hard time making ends meet.· Anyone calling the 202 area code this weekend had a hard time getting through.
to have a problem, a difficult choice, or the possibility of something bad happening soon: · We are often faced with dilemmas or problems which have no easy answers.· Manufacturing industries are faced with decreasing productivity and increasing international competition.· When faced with an unfamiliar word, good readers are able to make guesses based on the meaning and structure of the sentence.
to have a difficult problem or opponent that you must deal with or fight against: · The company is up against tough competition from abroad.· When you're surfing and get hit by a wave, it's a reminder of what you're up against.· In the semi-finals he will be up against one of the best players in the game.
to start having problems or difficulties that you have to deal with: · Older people applying for jobs come up against an age barrier.· The committee found itself coming up against the prejudices of many staff when it tried to introduce new working practices.
to experience problems, difficulties, or opposition while you are trying to do something: · Drivers on the M25 are likely to encounter fog and black ice tonight.· Many of the children encountered some difficulty in learning the material.· The government has encountered strong opposition over its plans to build a new airport.
to unexpectedly start having problems while you are doing something: · The corporation has run into serious financial problems.· Our staff will be happy to answer your questions should you run into difficulties installing the equipment yourself.
informal to have a lot of difficult problems to deal with or a lot of things to worry about: · Don't bother your mother -- she's got a lot on her plate at the moment.· Susan's had a lot on her plate recently, what with the car accident and everything.
WORD SETSaardvark, nounadder, nounAfghan, nounalley cat, nounalligator, nounalpaca, nounAlsatian, nounamphibian, nounamphibious, adjectiveangora, nounanimal, nounanteater, nounantelope, nounanthropoid, adjectiveantler, nounape, nounappaloosa, nounarachnid, nounarmadillo, nounasp, nounass, nounbaa, verbbaboon, nounbaby, nounbadger, nounbantam, nounbark, verbbark, nounbarnacle, nounbasset, nounbat, nounbay, nounbay, verbbay, adjectivebeagle, nounbear, nounbeast, nounbeast of burden, nounbeaver, nounbellow, verbbellow, nounbelly, nounbig cat, nounbig game, nounbighorn sheep, nounbilly goat, nounbiped, nounbison, nounbitch, nounbivalve, nounbleat, verbbloodhound, nounbloodstream, nounblow-hole, nounboa, nounboar, nounbobcat, nounbovine, adjectivebow-wow, nounboxer, nounbrainwave, nounbrindled, adjectivebristle, verbbronc, nounbronco, nounbrontosaurus, nounbrush, nounbuck, nounbuffalo, nounbull, nounbulldog, nounbullfrog, nounbullock, nounbull terrier, nounburro, nounburrow, nouncalf, nouncall, nouncalve, verbcamel, nouncanine, adjectivecanine, nouncarapace, nouncarcass, nouncaribou, nouncarnivore, nouncarthorse, nouncat, nouncattle, nouncaudal, adjectivecayman, nouncetacean, nounchameleon, nounchamois, nouncheetah, nounchestnut, nounchickadee, nounchicken, nounchihuahua, nounchimpanzee, nounchinchilla, nounchipmunk, nounchow, nounclaw, nouncloven hoof, nouncoat, nouncob, nouncobra, nouncocker spaniel, nouncold-blooded, adjectivecollie, nouncolouring, nouncolt, nouncomb, nounconnective tissue, nouncony, nouncoon, nouncopperhead, nouncorgi, nouncougar, nouncourtship, nouncow, nouncoyote, nouncoypu, nouncrest, nouncrocodile, nouncrop, verbcrustacean, nouncry, nouncub, nouncur, noundachshund, nounDalmatian, noundeer, nounden, noundentine, noundingo, noundinosaur, noundoe, noundog, noundolphin, noundomesticate, verbdonkey, noundormouse, noundorsal, adjectivedromedary, nounduckbilled platypus, nounearthworm, nounelephant, nounelk, nounentrails, nounermine, nounewe, nounexcreta, nounexcretion, nounfallopian tube, nounfallow deer, nounfang, nounfauna, nounfawn, nounfeed, nounfeeler, nounfeline, adjectivefeline, nounfemale, adjectivefemale, nounferal, adjectiveferret, nounfetlock, nounfieldmouse, nounfilly, nounfin, nounfleece, nounflipper, nounflying fox, nounfoal, nounfoal, verbfoetus, nounforefoot, nounforeleg, nounfox, nounfoxhound, nounfox terrier, nounFriesian, nounfrog, nounfrogspawn, nounfruit bat, nounfur, nounfurry, adjectivegarter snake, noungazelle, noungecko, noungeese, gelding, noungerbil, nounGerman shepherd, noungestation, noungiant panda, noungibbon, noungiraffe, noungnu, noungoat, noungolden retriever, noungopher, noungorilla, noungregarious, adjectivegreyhound, noungroundhog, nounground squirrel, noungrunt, verbguinea pig, nounhack, nounhackles, nounhairless, adjectivehamster, nounhare, nounhart, nounhaunch, nounhedgehog, nounheifer, nounhen, nounherbivore, nounherd, nounhermit crab, nounhibernate, verbhind, adjectivehind, nounhindquarters, nounhippo, nounhippopotamus, nounhock, nounhog, nounhoof, nounhorned, adjectivehorse, nounhound, nounhowl, verbhump, nounhusky, nounhyaena, nounhybrid, nounhyena, nounibex, nouniguana, nounimpala, nouninbred, adjectiveinbreeding, nouninsectivore, nouninterbreed, verbinvertebrate, nounjackal, nounjackrabbit, nounjaguar, nounjellyfish, nounJersey, nounkangaroo, nounkid, nounkoala, nounkookaburra, nounLabrador, nounlair, nounlamb, nounlemming, nounleopard, nounlion, nounlioness, nounlitter, nounlitter, verblizard, nounllama, nounlonghorn, nounlugworm, nounlynx, nounmale, nounmamba, nounmammal, nounmammary, adjectivemammoth, nounmandible, nounmandrill, nounmane, nounman-eater, nounmare, nounmarmoset, nounmarsupial, nounmarten, nounmastitis, nounmate, nounmate, verbmating, nounmaw, nounmenagerie, nounmew, verbmiaow, verbmice, nounmigrant, nounmilk, verbmimic, verbmimic, nounmink, nounmole, nounmollusc, nounmongoose, nounmongrel, nounmonkey, nounmoo, verbmoose, nounmoult, verbmountain goat, nounmountain lion, nounmouse, nounmule, nounmuskrat, nounmussel, nounmustang, nounmutt, nounmuzzle, nounnag, nounnanny goat, nounnative, adjectivenative, nounnest, nounnewt, nounnocturnal, adjectiveocelot, nounoctopus, nounoffspring, nounoink, interjectionokapi, nounOld English sheepdog, nounomnivore, nounomnivorous, adjectiveopossum, nounorangutang, nounotter, nounox, nounpachyderm, nounpack, nounpad, nounpair, nounpanda, nounpanther, nounparasite, nounparasitic, adjectivepaw, nounpaw, verbpeccary, nounpedigree, adjectivepeke, nounPekinese, nounpelt, nounPersian cat, nounpest, nounpheasant, nounpiebald, adjectivepied, adjectivepig, nounpiggy, nounpiglet, nounpincer, nounpine marten, nounpinto, nounpit bull terrier, nounpit pony, nounplankton, nounplate, nounplatypus, nounpointer, nounpolar bear, nounpolecat, nounpolyp, nounpony, nounpooch, nounpoodle, nounporcupine, nounporker, nounporpoise, nounPortuguese man-of-war, nounpossum, nounpouch, nounprairie dog, nounprance, verbpredation, nounpredator, nounpredatory, adjectiveprehensile, adjectiveprey, nounprickle, nounpride, nounprimate, nounproboscis, nounprocreate, verbprowl, verbpterodactyl, nounpuffin, nounpug, nounpullet, nounpuma, nounpup, nounpurebred, adjectivepurr, verbpussy, nounpython, nounquack, verbquadruped, nounquill, nounrabbit, nounrabbit warren, nounrabid, adjectiveraccoon, nounracoon, nounram, nounrat, nounrattler, nounrattlesnake, nounravening, adjectivereindeer, nounreptile, nounretract, verbretriever, nounrhesus monkey, nounrhino, nounrhinoceros, nounroan, nounrodent, nounroe deer, nounrottweiler, nounruminant, nounruminate, verbrump, nounrunt, nounrut, nounsable, nounsac, nounsalamander, nounsausage dog, nounscavenge, verbschool, nounscorpion, nounseal, nounsea lion, nounseashell, nounsea urchin, nounsemen, nounserpent, nounsetter, nounsex, verbshed, verbsheep, nounsheepdog, nounShetland pony, nounshire horse, nounshrew, nounshrimp, nounSiamese cat, nounsilkworm, nounsimian, adjectivesire, nounskin, nounskunk, nounsloth, nounslug, nounsnail, nounsnake, nounsnakebite, nounsnarl, verbsniffer dog, nounsnout, nounsocial, adjectivesow, nounspaniel, nounspawn, verbspawn, nounsperm whale, nounsponge, nounspoor, nounspore, nounspringbok, nounsquid, nounsquirrel, nounstag, nounstallion, nounstarfish, nounSt Bernard, nounsteed, nounsteer, nounsting, nounstinger, nounstoat, nounstomach, nounstray, adjectivestray, nounstud, nounsucker, nounsuckle, verbsuckling, nounswine, nountadpole, nountail, nountame, adjectivetame, verbtapeworm, nountapir, nounteat, nountentacle, nounterrapin, nounterrier, nounterritorial, adjectiveterritory, nountiger, nountigress, nountoad, nountom, nountomcat, nountooth, nountortoise, nountortoiseshell, nountrumpet, verbtrunk, nountufted, adjectiveturtle, nountusk, nountyrannosaurus, nounudder, nounuterus, nounvampire bat, nounvent, nounvermin, nounvertebrate, nounvicuña, nounviper, nounvivarium, nounvixen, nounvole, nounwag, verbwallaby, nounwallow, verbwalrus, nounwarm-blooded, adjectivewarren, nounwarthog, nounwater buffalo, nounwater rat, nounwater vole, nounweasel, nounweevil, nounwhale, nounwhelk, nounwhelp, nounwhelp, verbwhinny, verbwhippet, nounwhisker, nounwild boar, nounwildcat, nounwildebeest, nounwildfowl, nounwinkle, nounwithers, nounwolf, nounwolfhound, nounwombat, nounwool, nounyak, nounyap, verbyap, nounyearling, nounyelp, nounYorkshire terrier, nounyoung, nounzebra, nounzoologist, nounzoology, nounzygote, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
The shoes had metal plates attached to the heels.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a chromium-plated handrail
(=on a car) Did anyone see the car’s license plate?
Did anyone see the car’s license plate? The shoes had metal plates attached to the heels. a chromium-plated handrail (=big pieces of glass made in large thick sheets, used especially in shop windows)· Vandals smashed a plate glass window.
· Russell pushed his empty soup bowl away.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· The March Hare poured a little hot tea on its nose, and the Hatter began to look for a clean plate.· All that your hosts ask is that you observe some simple decorum and take a clean plate each time.· He watches her in the yard with her cloth and bucket, as she kneels to tackle the clean plates.· Remove tire from machine and clean face plate...· Maybe because the routine of washing-up is basically enjoyable - hot water and clean plates at the end of it.
· Louis sat listlessly in his place opposite his dead wife's high-backed chair and empty plate.· He removes the empty plates and napkins and cups from the table and tosses them into the bag.· When we had finished, Jacob took the empty plates away.· The waiter removed their empty plates and brought huge portions of southern-fried chicken.· The manservant came in, cleared the empty plates and brought a great bowlful of pears and hothouse peaches.· He pushed the empty plate away from him and leaned his arms on the table.· As he pushed away the empty plates she waited for him to make some comment about the meal.· As he finished he smiled and handed me the empty plate.
· Finishes range from a white polyester-coat stove-enamelled finish to chrome, brass and gold plate - to suit all tastes and purses.· Net Set, available in matt black or 14K gold plate finish makes an ideal tennis gift.· I am richer than you are; all this is an offset to your silver plate and your gold plate.· Massive cupboards which covered an entire wall, all stuffed with silver and gold plate.
· The fried bread surrounding the bacon in the hot plate was simply to create effect and mop up the excess fat.· Beds, boxes, a table holding a hot plate and a refrigerator take up most of the space.· Cut the slice in four and put it on to four hot plates.· His home is a flimsy wooden shack in a Watts alley, with only a hot plate, table and bed.· Place the steaks on a hot serving plate, pour over the sauce and garnish with mint.· The two recesses on either side of the two-oven range contain a hot plate and a separate pastry oven.· Polyethylene piping comes in 20-foot rolls and requires above-ground welding with a hot plate.
· Serve on individual plates, garnished with lollo rosso and a wedge of lime.· Arrange duck pieces on individual serving plates and spoon sauce over top.· Place sauce on individual plates and set parcels on top.· Divide squab and black Eyed pea pilaf among individual serving plates.· Arrange all these with the Borlotti beans on individual plates.· To serve, place squab on individual serving plates and serve greens alongside, garnished with radishes.· The individual calcite plates of which the fossil is composed can be clearly seen.· Season to taste and divide among individual plates.
· The ventral interradial areas are covered with large plates like those of the dorsal surface, spinelets may be present.· To assemble, place one matzo on a large plate or board.· Spoon the dip into the pineapple shells and arrange them top to toe on a large serving plate.· It was a welcome distraction when Ruth Rasmussen walked in with a pot of coffee and a large plate of muffins.· A nearby tray was furnished with a mug and a large plate scattered with the crumbs of a large slice of cake.· The two original major tenants needed large floor plates, large single-floor areas which would be side by side.· The ventral interradial areas are covered with large plates sometimes bearing a spinelet.· The lithosphere is broken into about a dozen large rigid plates, each plate moving as a distinct unit.
· The adoral shields are slightly wing-like, not or just separating the oral shield from the first lateral arm plate.
· The image appears on a fluorescent screen or a photographic plate.· The creature can scarcely have sabotaged a photographic plate without leaving any sign upon its wrapping.· The type specimen-the very substance-of this new form is a set of dark bands on a photographic plate.· There is an important difference between holograms on photographic plates and holograms on photorefractive substances.· Why were the photographic plates in Roentgen's laboratory continually becoming blackened?· Between the source and your highly sensitive photographic plate sits Watson.· The elements present emitted wavelengths which were recorded on a photographic plate.· According to Miss Latham, having set up the photographic plates in the observatory dome, they stepped outside.
· We were eating off silver plates and suddenly there was this toad.· It's a silver plastic face plate that clips on to the front of the Prism.· I am richer than you are; all this is an offset to your silver plate and your gold plate.· They removed part of his brain and inserted a silver plate.· She sold her silver and plate, but the proceeds fell short of what was required.· A silver plate terrine was left behind.
· The ventral interradial areas are covered with small plates armed with simple rods like those of the dorsal surface.· Beneath that small metal plate lay the cause of the trouble.· Reduced to one small plate of sorghum a day, all her children are suffering from diarrhoea.· The ventral interradial areas are covered with small plates.· Two cleaning bonnets are provided: one for the carpet cleaner, and one for the small plate.· Ventral interradial areas are covered by many quite small plates but granules are not present.· Their armour consisted of large dorsal and ventral oval shields surrounded by a series of smaller plates.
· The rim of the steel plate scraped his upper thighs.· The last pushing pressure on the steel plate to create the space for his stomach and chest.· A shard of steel plate knifed through Golden Girl's mainsail, cutting the portside shrouds as if they were string.· In Sheffield they made steel plates and armoured plates for their ships.· His fingers began to scrabble at the coarse edge of the steel plate.· Holly pushed the steel plate down, eased the bolt back into its socket with his toe.
· I described the grinding of the tectonic plates in Humboldt county.· This year, two tectonic plates are shifting in a fashion that could cause economic earthquakes.· We don't know whether they're localized or whether they spread out and lubricate the movements of the tectonic plates.· Earthquakes line the borders of the tectonic plates and are symptoms of the perpetual motion inside our planet.· There are no known tectonic plate boundaries in the area but a very ancient boundary may be lurking in the area.· They will be those who understand the movement of the economic tectonic plates.· The tectonic plates are no more permanent than the sovereign countries of the world.
· The ventral arm plates are pentagonal with the distal edge rounded and contiguous at least proximally.· The first ventral arm plate is pentagonal with the lateral edges raised forming a boundary lip to the second oral tentacle pores.· The ventral arm plates are pentagonal, broader than long and separated.· The ventral arm plates are pentagonal often with a rounded distal edge, and are separated.· The ventral arm plates are wider than long, pentagonal with an obtuse proximal angle and a slightly convex distal edge.· The ventral arm plates are small, pentagonal with a rounded distal edge, sometimes the distal edge is indented.· The lateral and ventral arm plates have distinctive transverse ridges most noticeable in dry specimens.· The ventral arm plates are not contiguous.
NOUN· The major differences in rift characteristics relate to their position with respect to plate boundaries and the intensity of volcanic activity associated with them.· The possibility of such a mid-plate quake thus carries a much higher risk than one on a plate boundary.· Except where subduction zones lie adjacent to mountain belts on continental margins, plate boundaries do not coincide with continental coastlines.· They occurred nowhere near a plate boundary.· There are no known tectonic plate boundaries in the area but a very ancient boundary may be lurking in the area.· There are three types of plate boundary.
· I idly noted that a brass plate declared that this bit of garden furniture was sacred to some one's memory.· It had only a very small, hardly noticeable brass plate outside which gave nothing away.· Breeze saw the brass plate from afar, and hurried up the path.· This morning Betty - my cleaner - came in bursting with the news that there was a brass plate outside.· It was only by chance, returning on the other side, that she saw its brass plate.· The light from the oil-lamp shone on the brass plate.· Interestingly the original bank brass plate was discovered in 1983 during drainage excavations in Henley.
· Archaeologists have discovered a complete Roman house beneath the leaning tower of Pisa, containing dinner plates and wine jugs.· Walking through the old foundations, you discover broken bits of dinner plates and an occasional fork with its tines splayed.· It is easy to mark around a dinner plate and then cut out with a sharp knife.· Pages were spread over the wineglasses and dinner plates.· Cover them with a bucket or large flower pot, or place a dinner plate on a crown of foliage.· Like an Elvis dinner plate, they are always for show.· Walker Evans records a roughly piled grave of loose earth topped with the impermanent and unstable memorial of a dinner plate.· Or serve on individual dinner plates topped with 3 to 4 generous tablespoons sauce per serving.
· The exhibition will be drawn from more than 45,000 glass plate negatives from the George Washington Wilson Archive at the university.· She looked a bit bedraggled as she sat in the dining room, mechanically eating butter cookies from a blue glass plate.· Halftone screen a glass plate or film placed between the original photograph and the film to be exposed.· The final image is formed on a large frosted glass plate held at a convenient viewing angle.· Perhaps the glass plates were treated by some arcane process that froze the light that passed through them?
· Scott Brosius was ejected in the sixth inning during an argument with home plate ump Larry Barnett.· Leyland deadpanned while standing amid the postgame hugs near home plate.· In his later years, Camilli still followed baseball keenly, frequently sitting behind home plate at Giants games at Candlestick.· Base runners run to a line near first base or home plate.· Even after I took the mound, people kept walking by, standing, talking, and laughing behind home plate.· Lawson and Locke sit in Section 4, Row K, closer to home plate than third base.· The Orioles claimed the umpire blew the call at home plate.· Benitez, disgusted, gestured toward home plate umpire Jim Joyce, then turned toward McCoy, who ignored his plea.
· The seven were riding in a van with Missouri license plates that pulled into the path of the tractor-trailer rig.· What better suspect than some one with an out-of-state license plate, parked so very near the scene of the crime?· Last week, police arrested a motorist in Houston for driving a car with Republic of Texas license plates.· He swore he only saw Soares' license plate after the radar has been activated.· It sells buttons, bumper stickers, jewelry, license plate frames and other items at conventions and rallies.· I saw young ones, eyes downcast, dutifully hammering out license plates and leather purses.
· The most important of these variables is probably the heating of the plate margin since this will affect its thickness and strength.· The main types of convergent plate margin and their possible modes of development are summarized in Table 3.1.· If this were not the case significant deformation would occur within plates rather than being concentrated along plate margins.· There are three types of plate margin, two of which we have already come across.· The latter two are simple destructive plate margin volcanoes, but the Plate Tectonic setting of Vesuvius is a bit complex.
· Voice over Gavin now faces the prospect of having to have a metal plate inserted in his head.· Beneath that small metal plate lay the cause of the trouble.· His right and left wrist were the worst affected and his body rejected the metal plates and wires inserted into them.· Or magnetic rugs for men who have metal plates in their heads?· The master copy is prepared on a thin metal plate or special paper.· These consist of a motor-driven continuous sanding belt, held against the work by a metal plate under the body.· Surgeons plan to operate tomorrow to insert a metal plate.· Gravure a rotary printing process where the image is etched into the metal plate attached to a cylinder.
· Hust the number plate to buy Auntie for Christmas.· Cut out two thin rectangles for the number plates and leave to dry on non-stick paper before securing on.· But the police say they can still prosecute because the real number plate shows up on the negative.· And they identified your number plate.· The number plate tallied with the particulars they, and the local Securitate, had on record.· A parent who was taking her children to school noted down the number plate.· The number plate told me it was the same one I'd followed earlier.· All that was left to identify the W-registered Cortina was its number plate, left perched on a mangled lump of metal.
· Until there we are on the bare boards downstairs, with candles and Calorgas and a deli picnic on a paper plate.· A half-eaten meal sits on its paper plate atop a picnic table, cold and buried in dust.· Each team was provided with crepe paper, pins, a needle, rubber band, a doily and a paper plate.· It's not fancy-just nine stools angled around the kitchen, plastic utensils and paper plates.· Primo briefly has a clear view of the menu, written on paper plates taped to the quilted-tin wall.· The unit, based in Appleton, Wis., markets disposable napkins and paper plates.· On top of the furnace, a pile of paper plates, some with scallop-edged pizza crusts.
· Any plate tectonics model of the Andes must in fact account for the uplift essentially in terms of vertical tectonics.· Yet with the advent of plate tectonics, this model had to evolve.· In the superficially simpler terms of plate tectonics, these are the repeated effects of plates splitting and coming together.· In continental plate tectonics what seems static, the surface of the earth, is in reality in constant flux.· In the interim before the next collision, plate tectonics resumed but subduction did not.· Lured by the excitement of plate tectonics, some felt that earth science would be a practical way to apply their knowledge.· This is because of the process known as plate tectonics.· Such was the excitement in the field as the new theory of plate tectonics was taking shape.
VERB· The shepherd's pie was followed by waiters carrying plates of nibbles; nuts, crisps, salted crackers and more champagne.· Amelia carried a plate of eggs and toast over to a man sitting in the back, poring through a newspaper.· After less than an hour, he deliberately nudged her as she carried a pile of plates.· She just walked on back to the shack, carrying my breakfast plate in one hand.· He could do somersaults and cartwheels and he could walk on his hands carrying a plate of Eccles cakes on one foot.· Both also carry limited-edition plates, with new patterns each year.· She carries a plate of seaweed things.· Mrs Abigail carried the two covered plates, one on top of the other, using a tea-towel because they were hot.
· The ventral interradial areas are covered with large plates like those of the dorsal surface, spinelets may be present.· I like those houses that people cover with license plates and bottle caps.· The ventral interradial areas are covered by plates and granules like those of the dorsal side.· The ventral interradial areas are covered with large plates sometimes bearing a spinelet.· He dumped an enormous quantity on top of the cereal which covered Rostov's plate.
· As with all great adventures and challenges, the rewards and achievements are not handed out on a plate.· When I sat down I was handed a plate made of real china which had bread and butter and cakes on it.· As he finished he smiled and handed me the empty plate.· They handed me a cardboard plate on which was an apple, a slice of cake, and some homemade toffee.
· Whenever I did succeed in preparing a family meal, I insisted that everyone eat whatever was placed on her/his plate.· Form into 10 large crab cakes. Place on plate.· The intestinal segment, covered by a thin plastic sheet, was placed on a plastic plate specially designed for this purpose.· Turn and continue cooking until nicely browned, 2 to 3 minutes longer. Place chili on plate and top with quail.· Somehow, against her better judgement, she refrained and placed his plate with chicken and salad on to the tray.· Four placed plates under a hovering motionless bowl.· Cover them with a bucket or large flower pot, or place a dinner plate on a crown of foliage.· Grill the coconut until golden; cool. Place these on separate plates.
· He pushed the empty plate away from him and leaned his arms on the table.· As he pushed away the empty plates she waited for him to make some comment about the meal.· Norm muttered, pushing his plate away.· I pushed my plate away and settled back with the wine.· I pushed back my plate angrily.· Detective Sergeant Joseph Bragg pushed away his plate, and wiped his ragged moustache.· He pushed back his plate now.
· He put the plate back on the ground and looked up.· Rub it all over the rabbit pieces. Put them on a plate, cover lightly with plastic wrap, and refrigerate.· There was the sound of a knife being put on to a plate.· But the next hurdle will be putting realistic plates on the surface.· Anna put the sandwich on a plate, and then put the plate on the table, beside the moss.· He opened a can of Spam and put it on a plate by the back door.· There is more to a meal than what's put on the plates.
· He removed the base plate of the telephone and examined the instrument's innards.· As the waitress removes the plates, I notice the restaurant is emptying out.· Make sure the whole base of the mould is covered. Remove the plate from the saucepan and let the chocolate cool.· Miss Poole removed the plate and placed it on the floor beside her chair.· He removes the empty plates and napkins and cups from the table and tosses them into the bag.
· Mix together with the mayonnaise. Serve on individual plates, garnished with lollo rosso and a wedge of lime.· Divide black-eyed pea mixture between 2 serving plates.· Carefully remove greaseproof paper and place cake on serving plate.· Place a serving of polenta on each of 6 flameproof serving plates and make a well in center.· First, of Manhattan served on a plate, sculpted in perfect detail.· Arrange duck pieces on individual serving plates and spoon sauce over top.· Spoon the sauce on to serving plates, so that the base is completely covered and stand a pear in the middle.· Garnish with cilantro sprigs and serve from the steaming plate.
· The dorsal arm plates are bell shaped sometimes with a distinct lobe on the distal edge, and contiguous.· The dorsal arm plates are fan shaped, much wider than long and separated from one another.· The dorsal arm plates are fan shaped, contiguous proximal, but well separated distally.· The dorsal arm plates are bell shaped, the proximal ones contiguous.· The oral shield is basically rhombic but in some specimens the distal lobe is produced and the plate becomes arrow shaped.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► hand/give/offer somebody something on a platePHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1food [countable] a)a flat and usually round dish that you eat from or serve food on: - He also believes the plate should be a little wider to account for today's stronger batters.
- Marquis Grissom already had committed himself and was dashing for the plate.
- She had put the glass plates on a green wicker table, with a sprinkle of white lace cloth.
- The plates of the ventral interradial areas are not as coarse as those on the dorsal surface.
- The dorsal arm plates are triangular and separated.
- The ventral arm plates are an irregular pentagonal or hexagonal shape, often keeled, with the distal edge sometimes indented.
- This would not have served for vaults, and the stamped lead plate remained the more usual item in such instances.
- Beckham may have enough on his plate attempting to recapture his early-season form without being burdened with any extra responsibilities.
- A gold plated curling tong, of course!
- Finishes range from a white polyester-coat stove-enamelled finish to chrome, brass and gold plate - to suit all tastes and purses.
- I am richer than you are; all this is an offset to your silver plate and your gold plate.
- Massive cupboards which covered an entire wall, all stuffed with silver and gold plate.
- Net Set, available in matt black or 14K gold plate finish makes an ideal tennis gift.
- The joints that hold the gold plated, cylindrical copper mirror are standard components.
- We were eating off silver plates and suddenly there was this toad.
- A start is to ignore the old Depression-era paternal messages about cleaning your plate.
- At each meal she willingly cleaned her plate, eating ice cream and fried chicken until she felt bloated.
- Don't bother your mother -- she's got a lot on her plate at the moment.
- Harris has a lot on his plate at the moment. Why don't we give the project to Melinda?
- Susan's had a lot on her plate recently, what with the car accident and everything.
The plates were piled high with rice. a dinner plate b) (also plateful) the amount of food that is on a plateplate of He’s eaten a whole plate of french fries. ► Do not use plate when you mean ‘food cooked in a particular way as a meal’. Use dish: the chef who created this dish (NOT this plate)2sign [countable] a flat piece of metal with words or numbers on it, for example on a door or a car: The brass plate on the door said ‘Dr Rackman’.number/license/registration plate (=on a car) Did anyone see the car’s license plate? → L-plate, nameplate3have a lot/enough on your plate informal to have a lot of problems to deal with or problems to worry about4protective covering [countable] a)technical one of the thin sheets of bone, horn etc that covers and protects the outside of some animals b)a thin sheet of metal used to protect somethingmetal/steel/iron plates The shoes had metal plates attached to the heels.5earth’s surface [countable] technical one of the very large sheets of rock that form the surface of the Earth → plate tectonics6gold/silver a)gold/silver plate ordinary metal with a thin covering of gold or silver b)[uncountable] things such as plates, cups, forks, or knives made of gold or silver7hand/give/offer somebody something on a plate to let someone get or achieve something easily, without much effort from them: I worked hard for what I’ve got. It wasn’t handed to me on a plate.8pictures/photos [countable] a)a sheet of metal that has been cut or treated in a special way so that words or pictures can be printed from its surface: copper printing plates b)a picture in a book, printed on good-quality paper and usually coloured c)a thin sheet of glass used especially in the past in photography, with chemicals on it that are sensitive to light9baseball [countable usually singular] the place where the person hitting the ball stands10competition the ... Plate used in the names of sports competitions or races in which the winner gets a silver plate: This horse won the Galway Plate.11teeth [countable] a)a thin piece of plastic shaped to fit inside a person’s mouth, into which false teeth are fixed b) British English a thin piece of plastic with wires fixed to it, that some people wear in their mouth to make their teeth straight SYN brace British English → hotplateplate1 nounplate2 verb
plateplate2 verb [transitive] VERB TABLE
plate
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | plate |
| he, she, it | plates | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | plated |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have plated |
| he, she, it | has plated | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had plated |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will plate |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have plated |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am plating |
| he, she, it | is plating | |
| you, we, they | are plating | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was plating |
| you, we, they | were plating | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been plating |
| he, she, it | has been plating | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been plating |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be plating |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been plating |
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- The jawless fish, even though their heads were heavily plated with bone, had chinks in their armour to accommodate eyes.
- To plate, look for the instructions in your manual, it is quite easy, once you are threaded up.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY a gold-plated watchCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a chromium-plated handrail
a gold-plated watch a chromium-plated handrail (=big pieces of glass made in large thick sheets, used especially in shop windows)· Vandals smashed a plate glass window.
· Russell pushed his empty soup bowl away.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· The joints that hold the gold plated, cylindrical copper mirror are standard components.· Too many people have undiagnosed nickel allergies, and gold is plated using cyanide so no gold, either.· A gold plated curling tong, of course!
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be plated with something a)to be covered with a thin covering of gold or silver: - Even their faucets had been plated with gold.
- The President's limousine is plated with armor.
- All magnetic material was excluded, and the insulating elements of the balance were plated with metal to eliminate any electrostatic effects.
- They were fitted with special locks, and the roof, sides, ends, and floor were plated with steel.
- A start is to ignore the old Depression-era paternal messages about cleaning your plate.
- At each meal she willingly cleaned her plate, eating ice cream and fried chicken until she felt bloated.
- Don't bother your mother -- she's got a lot on her plate at the moment.
- Harris has a lot on his plate at the moment. Why don't we give the project to Melinda?
- Susan's had a lot on her plate recently, what with the car accident and everything.
a beautiful necklace, plated with 22-carat goldgold-plated/silver-plated a gold-plated watch b)to be covered in sheets of a hard material such as metal: The ship had been heavily plated with protective sheets.- Royal Court
- Royal Doulton
- Royal Enclosure
- Royal Festival Hall
- royal flush
- Royal Green Jackets
- Royal Greenwich Observatory
- Royal Highness
- Royal Horse Guards
- royalist
- royally
- Royal Mail
- Royal Marines
- Royal Mile
- Royal Military Academy
- Royal Mint
- Royal National Theatre
- Royal Naval College
- Royal Navy
- Royal Opera House
- Royal Pavilion
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Royal Scot
- Royal Shakespeare Company
- Royal Society