plate /pleɪt/
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"
synset: home_plate, home_base, home, plate
2. a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
synset: plate
3. a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
synset: plate
4. dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
synset: plate
5. the quantity contained in a plate
6. a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
synset: plate, crustal_plate
7. the thin under portion of the forequarter
synset: plate
8. a main course served on a plate; "a vegetable plate"; "the blue plate special"
synset: plate
9. any flat platelike body structure or part
synset: plate
10. the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
synset: plate
11. a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
synset: plate, photographic_plate
12. structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
synset: plate
13. a shallow receptacle for collection in church
synset: plate, collection_plate
14. a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
15. a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
synset: denture, dental_plate, plate
1. coat with a layer of metal; "plate spoons with silver"
synset: plate
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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