platenoun
uk/pleɪt/us/pleɪt/plate noun (DISH)
A1 [ C ] a flat, usually round dish with a slightly raised edge that you eat from or serve food from:
[ C ] also plateful an amount of food on a plate:
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- My plate was already full.
- He heaped more food onto his plate.
- I gave her a plate of food but she pushed it aside.
- I promised to replace the plate that I'd dropped.
- All the plates were old and chipped.
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Dishes, bowls, cups & glasses
- basin
- beaker
- chalice
- champagne flute
- coaster
- crockery
- dinner service
- dish
- middy
- mortar
- mug
- place mat
- platter
- pudding basin
- stein
- stem
- stoneware
- tableware
- tankard
- tea set
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plate noun (FLAT PIECE)
[ C ] a flat piece of something that is hard and does not bend:
[ C ] specialized publishing a flat piece of metal with words and/or pictures on it that can be printed
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- The wooden beam is reinforced with a metal plate.
- The printing plates have to be inked before they will print on the paper.
- The boots had protective metal plates across the ankles.
- The damaged hull of the ship was repaired with steel plates.
- The body of a crustacean is covered in protective plates.
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Surfaces of objects
- -backed
- back
- base
- bed
- crust
- face
- facet
- flange
- front
- nap
- overlay
- rear
- reverse
- side
- substrate
- superficialis
- surface
- surface area
- underneath
- underside
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plate noun (PICTURE)
[ C ] specialized publishing a picture, especially in colour, in a book:
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Pictures
- -scape
- abstract
- aquatint
- balloon
- canvas
- caricature
- cartoon
- graphics
- halo
- identikit
- illustration
- infographic
- pencil
- pixelated
- poster
- seascape
- self-portrait
- shade
- sketch
- speech bubble
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plate noun (IN BASEBALL)
informal for home plate
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Baseball & rounders
- backstop
- ball
- ballgame
- base hit
- batter
- batting average
- bunt
- catcher
- curveball
- double
- grounder
- groundout
- home run
- infielder
- peg
- pitcher
- screwball
- sock
- stuff
- the World Series
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plate noun (THIN LAYER)
[ U ] ordinary metal with a layer of another metal on top:
[ U ] objects, especially plates, dishes, and cups, completely made of a valuable metal such as gold or silver:
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Chemistry: metals & metalworking
- amalgam
- arc welding
- brass
- cast iron
- Duralumin
- ferromagnetic
- ferromagnetism
- gilt
- heavy metal
- magneto
- metallurgy
- metalwork
- pewter
- silver plate
- soldering iron
- spot-welding
- titanium
- tungsten
- weld
- welder
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Idiom(s)
plateverb [ T ]
uk/pleɪt/us/pleɪt/to cover a metal object with a thin layer of another metal, especially gold or silver:
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Chemistry: metals & metalworking
- amalgam
- arc welding
- brass
- cast iron
- Duralumin
- ferromagnetic
- ferromagnetism
- gilt
- heavy metal
- magneto
- metallurgy
- metalwork
- pewter
- silver plate
- soldering iron
- spot-welding
- titanium
- tungsten
- weld
- welder
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