plate
noun
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a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teethdenture
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(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter standshome
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dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
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a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)scale
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a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
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a shallow receptacle for collection in churchcollection plate
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structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
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a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
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a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recordedphotographic plate
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the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
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any flat platelike body structure or part
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a main course served on a plate“a vegetable plate”
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the thin under portion of the forequarter
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a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowlycrustal plate
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the quantity contained in a plateplateful
verb
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coat with a layer of metal“plate spoons with silver”