Definitions For Plate

noun

• A dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
• (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
• Dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
• A metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
• A sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
• A shallow receptacle for collection in church
• Structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
• A full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
• A flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
• The positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
• Any flat platelike body structure or part
• A main course served on a plate
• The thin under portion of the forequarter
• A rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
• The quantity contained in a plate
• A flat and usually round dish that is used for eating or serving food
• The food that is served on a plate
• A thin, flat piece of metal

verb

• Coat with a layer of metal
• To add a layer of metal to the outside of (something)
• To cause (a run or a runner) to score