Platanus wrightii
Platanus wrightii

plate


Definition: Meaning of, plate in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / pleɪt /

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plate plates
  1. food [countable] a flat and usually round dish that you eat from or serve food on
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  2. food [countable] also plateful the amount of food that is on a plate
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  3. sign [countable] a flat piece of metal with words or numbers on it, for example on a door or a car
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  4. have a lot/enough on your plate informal to have a lot of problems to deal with or problems to worry about
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  5. protective covering [countable] technical one of the thin sheets of bone, horn etc that covers and protects the outside of some animals
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  6. protective covering [countable] a thin sheet of metal used to protect something
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  7. earth's surface [countable] technical one of the very large sheets of rock that form the surface of the Earth
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  8. gold/silver gold/silver plate ordinary metal with a thin covering of gold or silver
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  9. gold/silver [uncountable] things such as plates, cups, forks, or knives made of gold or silver
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  10. hand/give/offer somebody something on a plate to let someone get or achieve something easily, without much effort from them
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  11. pictures/photos [countable] a sheet of metal that has been cut or treated in a special way so that words or pictures can be printed from its surface
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  12. pictures/photos [countable] a picture in a book, printed on good-quality paper and usually coloured
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  13. pictures/photos [countable] a thin sheet of glass used especially in the past in photography, with chemicals on it that are sensitive to light
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  14. baseball [countable usually singular] the place where the person hitting the ball stands
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  15. competition the ... Plate used in the names of sports competitions or races in which the winner gets a silver plate
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  16. teeth [countable] a thin piece of plastic shaped to fit inside a person's mouth, into which FALSE TEETH are fixed
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  17. teeth [countable] British English a thin piece of plastic with wires fixed to it, that some people wear in their mouth to make their teeth straight [=  brace British English]
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
plate plated plated
Present Participle Third Person Singular
plating plates
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  1. be plated with something to be covered with a thin covering of gold or silver
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  2. be plated with something to be covered in sheets of a hard material such as metal
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plate used in phrases

  • L-plate (noun)
    1. a flat white square with a red letter L on it, that must be attached to the car of someone who is learning to drive in Britain
  • P-plate (noun)
    1. a flat white square with a green letter P on it, that is attached to the car of someone in Britain who has passed their driving test but who is not very experienced
  • armor plate (noun)
    1. specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire
  • armour plate (noun)
    1. specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire
  • charge plate (noun)
    1. usually plastic a card that assures a seller that the person using it has a satisfactory credit rating and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered
  • chromium-plate (verb)
    1. plate with chromium
  • collection plate (noun)
    1. a large, almost flat dish that you put money into during some religious services
  • comb-plate (noun)
    1. a locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused
  • cover plate (noun)
    1. covering consisting of a plate used to cover over or close in a chamber or receptacle
  • crustal plate (noun)
    1. a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
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