plate

(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score.

Any flat platelike body structure or part.

A sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic.

Dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten.

Structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage.

The positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube.

The thin under portion of the forequarter.

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

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

A shallow receptacle for collection in church.

The quantity contained in a plate.

A dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth.

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

A full-page illustration (usually on slick paper).

A main course served on a plate.

“a vegetable plate”

“the blue plate special”

Coat with a layer of metal.

“plate spoons with silver”