plate

(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”

a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic

a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)

dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten

the quantity contained in a plate

a rigid layer of the Earth’s crust that is believed to drift slowly

the thin under portion of the forequarter

a main course served on a plate; “a vegetable plate”; “the blue plate special”

any flat platelike body structure or part

the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube

a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded

structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage

a shallow receptacle for collection in church

a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)

a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth

coat with a layer of metal; “plate spoons with silver”