sahan

Phonetic: "/pleɪt/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten.

Example: I filled my plate from the bountiful table.

Definition: Such dishes collectively.

Definition: The contents of such a dish.

Example: I ate a plate of beans.

Definition: A course at a meal.

Example: The meat plate was particularly tasty.

Definition: An agenda of tasks, problems, or responsibilities

Example: With revenues down and transfer payments up, the legislature has a full plate.

Definition: A flat metallic object of uniform thickness.

Example: A clutch usually has two plates.

Definition: A vehicle license plate.

Example: He stole a car and changed the plates as soon as he could.

Definition: A taxi permit, especially of a metal disc.

Definition: A layer of a material on the surface of something, usually qualified by the type of the material; plating

Example: The bullets just bounced off the steel plate on its hull.

Definition: A material covered with such a layer.

Example: If you're not careful, someone will sell you silverware that's really only silver plate.

Definition: A decorative or food service item coated with silver or gold.

Example: The tea was served in the plate.

Definition: A weighted disk, usually of metal, with a hole in the center for use with a barbell, dumbbell, or exercise machine.

Definition: An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper.

Example: We finished making the plates this morning.

Definition: An image or copy.

Definition: An illustration in a book, either black and white, or colour, usually on a page of paper of different quality from the text pages.

Definition: A shaped and fitted surface, usually ceramic or metal that fits into the mouth and in which teeth are implanted; a dental plate.

Definition: A horizontal framing member at the top or bottom of a group of vertical studs.

Definition: A foot, from "plates of meat".

Example: Sit down and give your plates a rest.

Definition: Home plate.

Example: There was a close play at the plate.

Definition: A tectonic plate.

Definition: Plate armour.

Example: He was confronted by two knights in full plate.

Definition: Any of various larger scales found in some reptiles.

Definition: A flat electrode such as can be found in an accumulator battery, or in an electrolysis tank.

Definition: The anode of a vacuum tube.

Example: Regulating the oscillator plate voltage greatly improves the keying.

Definition: Silver or gold, in the form of a coin, or less often silver or gold utensils or dishes (from Spanish plata ("silver")).

Definition: A roundel of silver or tinctured argent.

Definition: A prize given to the winner in a contest.

Definition: Any flat piece of material such as coated glass or plastic.

Definition: (travel industry) A metallic card, used to imprint tickets with an airline's logo, name, and numeric code.

Definition: (travel industry, by extension) The ability of a travel agent to issue tickets on behalf of a particular airline.

Definition: A VIN plate, particularly with regard to the car's year of manufacture.

Definition: One of the thin parts of the brisket of an animal.

Definition: A very light steel horseshoe for racehorses.

Definition: (furriers' slang) Skins for fur linings of garments, sewn together and roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted.

Definition: (hat-making) The fine nap (as of beaver, musquash, etc.) on a hat whose body is made from inferior material.

Definition: A record, usually vinyl.

Phonetic: "/pleɪt/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material, usually a metal.

Example: This ring is plated with a thin layer of gold.

Definition: To place the various elements of a meal on the diner's plate prior to serving.

Example: After preparation, the chef will plate the dish.

Definition: To score a run.

Example: The single plated the runner from second base.

Definition: To arm or defend with metal plates.

Definition: To beat into thin plates.

Definition: (travel industry) To specify which airline a ticket will be issued on behalf of.

Example: Tickets are normally plated on an itinerary's first international airline.

Definition: To categorise stamps based on their position on the original sheet, in order to reconstruct an entire sheet.

Definition: (particularly with early British stamps) to identify the printing plate used.