How to pronounce "plate"

• "plate" pronounced in English.

• "plate" pronounced in French.

• "plate" pronounced in Norwegian.

Meanings and definitions of "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"

Synonyms:

• home plate
• home base
• home
• plate

Noun

a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic

Synonyms:

• plate

Noun

a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)

Synonyms:

• plate

Noun

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

Synonyms:

• plate

Noun

the quantity contained in a plate

Synonyms:

• plate
• plateful

Noun

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

Synonyms:

• plate
• crustal plate

Noun

the thin under portion of the forequarter

Synonyms:

• plate

Noun

a main course served on a plate; "a vegetable plate"; "the blue plate special"

Synonyms:

• plate

Noun

any flat platelike body structure or part

Synonyms:

• plate

Noun

the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube

Synonyms:

• plate

Noun

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

Synonyms:

• plate
• photographic plate

Noun

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

Synonyms:

• plate

Noun

a shallow receptacle for collection in church

Synonyms:

• plate
• collection plate

Noun

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

Synonyms:

• plate
• scale
• shell

Noun

a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth

Synonyms:

• denture
• dental plate
• plate

Verb

coat with a layer of metal; "plate spoons with silver"

Synonyms:

• plate