plate meaning and definition

PLATE noun

Definition of plate (noun)

1. (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
2. a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
3. a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
4. dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
5. the quantity contained in a plate
   • synonyms: plateful
6. a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
   • synonyms: crustal plate
7. the thin under portion of the forequarter
8. a main course served on a plate
   • "a vegetable plate"; "the blue plate special"
9. any flat platelike body structure or part
10. the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
11. a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
    • synonyms: photographic plate
12. structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
13. a shallow receptacle for collection in church
    • synonyms: collection plate
14. a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
    • synonyms: scale, shell
15. a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
    • synonyms: dental plate, denture

PLATE verb

Definition of plate (verb)

1. coat with a layer of metal
   • "plate spoons with silver"