plate

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[edit] English

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A china plate.

[edit] Etymology

Old French plate ← Mediaeval Latin plata ← Vulgar Latin *plat(t)us ← Medieval Greek πλατύς (“‘broad, flat, wide’”).

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[edit] Noun

Singular
plate

Plural
plates

plate (plural plates)

  1. A dish from which food is served or eaten.
    I filled my plate from the bountiful table.
  2. A course at a meal.
    The meat plate was particularly tasty.
  3. A flat metallic object of uniform thickness.
    A clutch usually has two plates.
  4. (weightlifting) A weighted disk, usually of metal, with a hole in the center for use with a barbell, dumbbell, or exercise machine.
  5. (printing) An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper.
    We finished making the plates this morning.
  6. (printing, photography) An image or copy.
  7. (dentistry) A shaped and fitted surface, usually ceramic or metal that fits into the mouth and in which teeth are implanted; a dental plate.
  8. (construction) A horizontal framing member at the top or bottom of a group of vertical studs.
  9. A decorative or food service item coated with silver.
    The tea was served in the plate.
  10. (Cockney rhyming slang) A foot, from "plates of meat".
    Sit down and give your plates a rest.
  11. (baseball) Home plate.
    There was a close play at the plate.
  12. (geology) A tectonic plate.
  13. (historical) Plate armour.
    He was confronted by two knights in full plate.

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terms derived from the noun "plate"

[edit] Translations

a serving dish
a course at a meal
a flat metallic object
(Printing): an engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper
(Printing, Photography): an image or copy
(Dentistry): a dental plate
(Construction): A horizontal framing member at the top or bottom of a group of vertical studs
a decorative or food service item coated with silver
(Cockney rhyming slang) feet
(baseball) home plate
tectonic plate

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to plate

Third person singular
plates

Simple past
plated

Past participle
plated

Present participle
plating

to plate (third-person singular simple present plates, present participle plating, simple past and past participle plated)

  1. To cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material, usually a metal.
    This ring is plated with a thin layer of gold.
  2. To place the various elements of a meal on the diner's plate prior to serving.
    After preparation, the chef will plate the dish.
  3. To perform cunnilingus.
    He fingered her as he plated her with his tongue.
  4. (baseball) To score a run.
    The single plated the runner from second base.

[edit] Translations

to cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material
put meal on a plate

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology 1

[edit] Adjective

plate f.

  1. Feminine of plat.

[edit] Noun

plate f. (plural plates)

  1. Very small flat boat.

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[edit] Adjective

plate (epicene, plural plates)

  1. (Canadian, informal) Annoyingly boring.
    • 1999, Chrystine Brouillet, Les Fiancées de l'Enfer, ISBN 2-89021-363-3, page 204:
      "On va se mettre à ressembler aux gens qui racontent leur crisse de vie plate dans les émissions de télé débiles." — We're going to sound like those people who tell they frickin' boring lives on those idiotic tv shows.
  2. (Canadian, informal) Troublesome.

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