plate

Noun
  1. (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands;
    It must be touched by a base runner in order to score (synset 103534081)
    "he ruled that the runner failed to touch home"
    referred to in: ball, baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
    is a type of: bag, base - a place that the runner must touch before scoring
    same as: home, home base, home plate
  2. A sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic (synset 103966230)
    is a type of: flat solid, sheet - a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width
    subtypes:
    • baffle, baffle board - a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy
    • cylinder head - a detachable plate that covers the closed end of a cylinder chamber in a reciprocating engine or pump
    • damper - a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace
    • disc, disk - a flat circular plate
    • engraving - a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved
    • escutcheon - (nautical) a plate on a ship's stern on which the name is inscribed
    • fin keel - a metal plate projecting from the keel of a shallow vessel to give it greater lateral stability
    • fishplate - metal plate bolted along sides of two rails or beams
    • grid, storage-battery grid - a perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material
    • gusset, gusset plate - a metal plate used to strengthen a joist
    • lamella - thin plate
    • license plate, numberplate - a plate mounted on the front and back of car and bearing the car's registration number
    • l-plate - a square plate bearing the letter L that is attached to both ends of a car to indicate that the driver is a learner
    • nameplate - a plate bearing a name
    • plate iron - a plate of iron
    • platen - the flat plate of a printing press that presses the paper against the type
    • plessimeter, pleximeter - a small thin metal plate held against the body and struck with a plexor in percussive examinations
    • tap - a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing)
  3. A full-page illustration (usually on slick paper) (synset 103966958)
    is a type of: illustration - a visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand
    subtypes: fashion plate - a plate illustrating the latest fashion in dress
  4. Dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten (synset 103965779)
    is a type of: flatware - tableware that is relatively flat and fashioned as a single piece
    subtypes:
  5. The quantity contained in a plate (synset 113790990)
    is a type of: containerful - the quantity that a container will hold
    same as: plateful
  6. A rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly (synset 109418350)
    is a type of: crust, earth's crust - the outer layer of the Earth
    same as: crustal plate
  7. The thin under portion of the forequarter (synset 107673273)
    is a type of: cut of beef - cut of meat from beef cattle
  8. A main course served on a plate (synset 107595352)
    "a vegetable plate"; "the blue plate special"
    is a type of: entree, main course - the principal dish of a meal
  9. Any flat platelike body structure or part (synset 105588980)
    is a type of: anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement
    subtypes:
    • operculum - a hard flap serving as a cover for (a) the gill slits in fishes or (b) the opening of the shell in certain gastropods when the body is retracted
    • comb - ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore
    • frill - (paleontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs
    • lamina - a thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral)
  10. The positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube (synset 103967244)
    is a type of: anode - a positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device
    is a part of: electron tube, thermionic tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic valve, tube, vacuum tube - electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope
  11. A flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded (synset 103967077)
    is a type of: flat solid, sheet - a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width
    subtypes: quarter plate - a photographic plate measuring 3.25 inches by 4.25 inches
    same as: photographic plate
  12. Structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage (synset 103966784)
    is a type of: structural member - support that is a constituent part of any structure or building
    subtypes: wall plate - plate (a timber along the top of a wall) to support the ends of joists, etc., and distribute the load
    is a part of: construction, structure - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
  13. A shallow receptacle for collection in church (synset 103966668)
    is a type of: receptacle - a container that is used to put or keep things in
    same as: collection plate
  14. A metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) (synset 103965995)
    is a type of: shield - a protective covering or structure
    subtypes:
    same as: scale, shell
  15. A dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth (synset 103181052)
    is a type of: dental appliance - a device to repair teeth or replace missing teeth
    subtypes:
    same as: dental plate, denture
Verb
  1. Coat with a layer of metal (synset 201397703)
    "plate spoons with silver"
    is a type of: coat, surface - put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface
    subtypes:

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