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plate

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