plate

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[edit] English

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A china plate.

[edit] Etymology

Old French plate ← Medieval Latin plata ← Vulgar Latin *plat(t)us ← Ancient Greek πλατύς (“broad, flat, wide”).

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plate (plural plates)

  1. A dish from which food is served or eaten.
    I filled my plate from the bountiful table.
  2. The contents of such a dish.
    I ate a plate of beans.
  3. A course at a meal.
    The meat plate was particularly tasty.
  4. A flat metallic object of uniform thickness.
    A clutch usually has two plates.
  5. A vehicle license plate
    He stole a car and changed the plates as soon as he could.
  6. (dated) A decorative or food service item coated with silver.
    The tea was served in the plate.
  7. (weightlifting) A weighted disk, usually of metal, with a hole in the center for use with a barbell, dumbbell, or exercise machine.
  8. (printing) An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper.
    We finished making the plates this morning.
  9. (printing, photography) An image or copy.
  10. (printing, publishing) An illustration in a book, either black and white, or colour, usually on a page of paper of different quality from the text pages.
  11. (dentistry) A shaped and fitted surface, usually ceramic or metal that fits into the mouth and in which teeth are implanted; a dental plate.
  12. (construction) A horizontal framing member at the top or bottom of a group of vertical studs.
  13. (Cockney rhyming slang) A foot, from "plates of meat".
    Sit down and give your plates a rest.
  14. (baseball) Home plate.
    There was a close play at the plate.
  15. (geology) A tectonic plate.
  16. (historical) Plate armour.
    He was confronted by two knights in full plate.
  17. (herpetology) Any of various larger scales found in some reptiles.
  18. (engineering, electricity) An electrode such as can be found in an accumulator battery, or in an electrolysis tank.

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terms derived from the noun "plate"

[edit] Translations

a serving dish
contents of a plate
a course at a meal
a flat metallic object
vehicle license
(Printing): an engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper
(Printing, Photography): an image or copy
full page illustration
(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
(baseball) home plate
tectonic plate
armour
reptilian scale
electrode
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[edit] Verb

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.
  5. (aviation, travel industry) To specify which airline a ticket will be issued on behalf of.
    Tickets are normally plated on an itinerary's first international airline.

[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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plate f.

  1. feminine of plat

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plate f. (plural plates)

  1. Very small flat boat.

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plate (epicene, plural plates)

  1. (Canada, 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. (Canada, informal) Troublesome.

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plate (plural plates)

  1. a bowl
    Can a hev a plate o soup?
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