Dictionary definition · 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"
- 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"a vegetable 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
verb
- coat with a layer of metal"plate spoons with silver"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).