plate
Noun
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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
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is a type of: flat solid, sheet - a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and widthsubtypes:
- 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)
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is a type of: illustration - a visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used make some subject more pleasing or easier to understandsubtypes: fashion plate - a plate illustrating the latest fashion in dress
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is a type of: flatware - tableware that is relatively flat and fashioned as a single piecesubtypes:
- dessert plate - a small plate on which dessert can be served
- dinner plate - a plate from which a diner eats during the main course of a meal
- paper plate - a disposable plate made of cardboard
- salad bowl, salad plate - a plate or bowl for individual servings of salad
- soup plate - a deep plate with a wide rim
- steel plate - a plate of steel
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is a type of: containerful - the quantity that a container will holdsame as: plateful
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is a type of: crust, earth's crust - the outer layer of the Earthsame as: crustal plate
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is a type of: cut of beef - cut of meat from beef cattle
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is a type of: entree, main course - the principal dish of a meal
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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 arrangementsubtypes:
- 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)
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is a type of: anode - a positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical deviceis 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
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is a type of: flat solid, sheet - a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and widthsubtypes: quarter plate - a photographic plate measuring 3.25 inches by 4.25 inchessame as: photographic plate
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is a type of: structural member - support that is a constituent part of any structure or buildingsubtypes: wall plate - plate (a timber along the top of a wall) to support the ends of joists, etc., and distribute the loadis a part of: construction, structure - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
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is a type of: receptacle - a container that is used to put or keep things insame as: collection plate
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is a type of: shield - a protective covering or structuresubtypes:
- armor plate, armor plating, armour plate, plate armor, plate armour - specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire
- horseshoe, shoe - U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof
- shell plating - the plates covering the frame of a steel ship and corresponding to the planking of a wooden ship
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is a type of: dental appliance - a device to repair teeth or replace missing teethsubtypes:
- bridge, bridgework - a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth
- false teeth - a removable denture
- partial denture - a denture replacing one or more teeth in a dental arch
same as: dental plate, denture
Verb
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subtypes:
- tin - prepare (a metal) for soldering or brazing by applying a thin layer of solder to the surface
- tin - plate with tin
- silver - coat with a layer of silver or a silver amalgam
- nickel - plate with nickel
- electroplate - coat with metal by electrolysis
- chrome, chromium-plate - plate with chromium
- gold plate, gold-plate, goldplate - plate with gold
- silver-plate, silverplate - plate with silver
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