plate

/pleit/

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A child carefully carries a plate of cookies to the table.

Definition

Noun:
- A flat, usually round dish from which food is eaten or served: A shallow, typically circular vessel used for holding food.
- A thin, flat sheet or piece of material: A rigid, flat piece of material, often metal, glass, or plastic, manufactured to a specific thickness.
- A sheet of metal, often with information on it: A flat piece of metal, such as one bearing a name, number, or inscription (e.g., a license plate).
- A photographic plate: A flat sheet of glass or metal coated with a light-sensitive emulsion for photography.
- A tectonic plate: One of the large, rigid sections of the Earth's lithosphere that move slowly over the underlying mantle.
- Home plate in baseball: The rubber slab at one corner of a baseball diamond that a base runner must touch to score a run.
- A full-page illustration in a book: A picture, often a high-quality one, that fills an entire page, typically printed on glossy paper.
- A dental plate: An appliance that holds artificial teeth.
- The quantity of food on a plate: The amount of food contained on or served in a single dish.
Verb:
- To coat with a thin layer of metal: To cover an object, typically with a precious metal like gold or silver, by electrochemical or other means.

Usage Examples

Noun:
- She placed the sandwich on the plate.
- The ship's hull was reinforced with steel plates.
- The car's license plate was dirty.
- The book contains several color plates of tropical birds.
- Earthquakes often occur along the boundaries of tectonic plates.
- The runner slid into home plate.
Verb:
- The artisan plated the copper bracelet with silver.

Advanced Usage

"To have a lot on one's plate": To be very busy or have many responsibilities to deal with.
- I can't take on another project; I already have too much on my plate.
"To step up to the plate": To take responsibility or take action when it is needed.
- When the manager resigned, she stepped up to the plate and led the team.

Variants and Related Words

Plateful (n): The amount a plate can hold.
- He ate a plateful of spaghetti.
Plating (n): A thin coating of metal, especially gold or silver.
- The plating on the old cutlery was wearing off.
Plateau (n): A large, flat area of elevated land. (Note: This is a distinct word, not a variant of 'plate', but it shares the etymological root meaning "flat").

Synonyms

Related Phrasal Verbs

Plate up: To arrange food on a plate before serving.
- The chef plated up the dessert beautifully.

Related Idioms

Hand something to someone on a plate: To give something to someone very easily, without them having to make any effort.
- He didn't earn the promotion; it was handed to him on a plate.
Clean one's plate: To eat all the food served to one.
- The children were told to clean their plates before having dessert.

A child carefully carries a plate of cookies to the table.

Noun

a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
a shallow receptacle for collection in church
structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
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
- a vegetable plate
- the blue plate special
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
dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
(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

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