eng: plate

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Meaning
means	(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" home, home plate, home base, plate
means	(noun) a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic plate
means	(noun) a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper) plate
means	(noun) dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten plate
means	(noun) the quantity contained in a plate plateful, plate
means	(noun) a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly plate, crustal plate
means	(noun) the thin under portion of the forequarter plate
means	(noun) a main course served on a plate; "a vegetable plate"; "the blue plate special" plate
means	(noun) any flat platelike body structure or part plate
means	(noun) the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube plate
means	(noun) a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded plate, photographic plate
means	(noun) structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage plate
means	(noun) a shallow receptacle for collection in church collection plate, plate
means	(noun) a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) scale, plate, shell
means	(noun) a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth denture, dental plate, plate
means	(verb) coat with a layer of metal; "plate spoons with silver" plate