1. plate - noun
· (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"
Synonym(s): home_plate, home_base, home
2. plate - noun
· a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
Hypernym(s): sheet, flat_solid
3. plate - noun
· a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
Hypernym(s): illustration
4. plate - noun
· dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
Hypernym(s): flatware
5. plate - noun
· the quantity contained in a plate
Synonym(s): plateful
Hypernym(s): containerful
6. plate - noun
· a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
Synonym(s): crustal_plate
Hypernym(s): crust, Earth%27s_crust
7. plate - noun
· the thin under portion of the forequarter
Hypernym(s): cut_of_beef
8. plate - noun
· a main course served on a plate; "a vegetable plate"; "the blue plate special"
Hypernym(s): entree, main_course
9. plate - noun
· any flat platelike body structure or part
Hypernym(s): structure, anatomical_structure, complex_body_part, bodily_structure, body_structure
10. plate - noun
· the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
Hypernym(s): anode
11. plate - noun
· a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
Synonym(s): photographic_plate
Hypernym(s): sheet, flat_solid
12. plate - noun
· structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
Hypernym(s): structural_member
13. plate - noun
· a shallow receptacle for collection in church
Synonym(s): collection_plate
Hypernym(s): receptacle
14. plate - noun
· a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
Hypernym(s): shield
15. plate - noun
· a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
Synonym(s): denture, dental_plate
Hypernym(s): dental_appliance
16. plate - verb
· coat with a layer of metal; "plate spoons with silver"
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