UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈpleɪt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/pleɪt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(plāt)
household dishes, utensils, etc., of metal covered with a thin layer of gold or silver.
[countable] a dish used for collecting offerings, as in a church.
Metallurgy a thin, flat sheet or piece of metal or other material, esp. of uniform thickness:[countable]He opened a small plate on the side of the robot.
a flat, polished piece of metal on which something may be engraved:[countable]He had a plate on the door of his office with his name and title.
Printing[countable] a sheet on which something has been engraved, to be inked and used in a press for printing impressions.
[countable] a printed impression from such a piece, as a woodcut.
[countable] a full-page illustration in a book, esp. on paper different from the text pages.
plate1(plāt),USA pronunciationn., v.,plat•ed, plat•ing. n.
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
the contents of such a dish; plateful.
an entire course of a meal served on such a dish:I had the vegetable plate for lunch.
the food and service for one person, as at a banquet, fund-raising dinner, or the like:The wedding breakfast cost $20 a plate.
household dishes, utensils, etc., of metal plated with gold or silver.
household dishes, utensils, etc., made of gold or silver.
a dish, as of metal or wood, used for collecting offerings, as in a church.
Metallurgya thin, flat sheet or piece of metal or other material, esp. of uniform thickness.
Metallurgymetal in such sheets.
a flat, polished piece of metal on which something may be or is engraved.
See license plate.
Printinga flat or curved sheet of metal, plastic, glass, or similar hard material, on which a picture or text has been engraved, etched, molded, photographically developed, or drawn, that is inked, as in a press, for printing impressions on other surfaces.
a printed impression from such a piece or from some similar piece, as a woodcut.
a full-page illustration in a book, esp. an insert on paper different from the text pages.
Heraldrya piece of armor made from a thin, flat piece or several such pieces of tough material, esp. wrought iron or steel.
Heraldryarmor composed of thin, flat pieces; plate armor.
Dentistry
the part of a denture that conforms to the mouth and contains the teeth.
the entire denture.
Sport[Baseball.]
the plate. See home plate.
rubber1 (def. 14).
See plate glass.
Photographya sheet of glass, metal, etc., coated with a sensitized emulsion, used for taking a photograph.
Anatomy, Zoologya platelike part, structure, or organ.
Fooda thin piece or cut of beef from the lower end of the ribs. See diag. under beef.
GeologySee crustal plate.
Electronics, Electricityone of the interior elements of a vacuum tube, toward which electrons are attracted by virtue of its positive charge; anode. Abbr.: P
Building[Carpentry.]any of various horizontal timbers or boards laid flat across the heads of studding, upon floors, etc., to support joists, rafters, or studs at or near their ends.
Sporta gold or silver cup or the like awarded as the prize in a horse race or some other contest.
Sporta horse race or some other contest for such a prize.
Heraldrya rounded argent.
Idiomshave on one's plate, [Informal.]to have as an immediate task, obligation, or prospect:I had too much on my plate already to take on another task.
v.t.
Metallurgyto coat (metal) with a thin film of gold, silver, nickel, etc., by mechanical or chemical means.
Metallurgyto cover or overlay with metal plates for protection.
Metallurgy
to forge (a bloom or the like) into a broad piece.
to hammer (cutlery) gently to produce an even surface.
Printingto make a stereotype or electrotype plate from (type).
Printing[Papermaking.]to give a high gloss to (paper), as on supercalendered paper.
Vulgar Latin *plattus, akin to Greek platýs broad, flat
Old French: literally, something flat, noun, nominal use of feminine of platflat1