Uk English Meaning of plate
plate
Other Uk English words related to plate
Nearest Words of plate
- platband => architrave
- platanus wrightii => Wright's sycamore
- platanus racemosa => Plane tree
- platanus orientalis => Oriental plane
- platanus occidentalis => American sycamore
- platanus acerifolia => Plane tree
- platanus => Plane tree
- platanthera leucophea => White orchid
- platanthera chlorantha => Greater greenhood
- platanthera bifolia => Lesser butterfly-orchid
- plate armor => Plate armour
- plate armour => Plate armour
- plate glass => Plate glass
- plate iron => Sheet iron
- plate rack => plate rack
- plate rail => Plate rail
- plate tectonic theory => Plate tectonic theory
- plate tectonics => Plate tectonics
- plateau => plateau
- plateau striped whiptail => Plateau striped whiptail
Definitions and Meaning of plate in English
plate (n)
(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
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
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
plate (v)
coat with a layer of metal
plate (n.)
A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in comparison with the other dimensions; a thick sheet of metal; as, a steel plate.
Metallic armor composed of broad pieces.
Domestic vessels and utensils, as flagons, dishes, cups, etc., wrought in gold or silver.
Metallic ware which is plated, in distinction from that which is genuine silver or gold.
A small, shallow, and usually circular, vessel of metal or wood, or of earth glazed and baked, from which food is eaten at table.
A piece of money, usually silver money.
A piece of metal on which anything is engraved for the purpose of being printed; hence, an impression from the engraved metal; as, a book illustrated with plates; a fashion plate.
A page of stereotype, electrotype, or the like, for printing from; as, publisher's plates.
That part of an artificial set of teeth which fits to the mouth, and holds the teeth in place. It may be of gold, platinum, silver, rubber, celluloid, etc.
A horizontal timber laid upon a wall, or upon corbels projecting from a wall, and supporting the ends of other timbers; also used specifically of the roof plate which supports the ends of the roof trusses or, in simple work, the feet of the rafters.
A roundel of silver or tinctured argent.
A sheet of glass, porcelain, metal, etc., with a coating that is sensitive to light.
A prize giving to the winner in a contest.
A small five-sided area (enveloping a diamond-shaped area one foot square) beside which the batter stands and which must be touched by some part of a player on completing a run; -- called also home base, or home plate.
One of the thin parts of the bricket of an animal.
A very light steel racing horsehoe.
Loosely, a sporting contest for a prize; specif., in horse racing, a race for a prize, the contestants not making a stake.
Skins for fur linings of garments, sewed together and roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted.
The fine nap (as of beaver, hare's wool, musquash, nutria, or English black wool) on a hat the body of which is of an inferior substance.
plate (v. t.)
To cover or overlay with gold, silver, or other metals, either by a mechanical process, as hammering, or by a chemical process, as electrotyping.
To cover or overlay with plates of metal; to arm with metal for defense.
To adorn with plated metal; as, a plated harness.
To beat into thin, flat pieces, or laminae.
To calender; as, to plate paper.
FAQs About the word plate
plate
(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score, a sheet of metal or wood or glass or
scale,Sheet,chip,lamellae,laminates,sliver,flake,leaf,slice,splint
No antonyms found.
platband => architrave, platanus wrightii => Wright's sycamore, platanus racemosa => Plane tree, platanus orientalis => Oriental plane, platanus occidentalis => American sycamore,
