DICTOMETER

PLATES

(plate, alquila, libra, lámina, placa, plato, tablero, ark, blad, flak, flate, metallplate, plakett, skilt, skive, steinhelle, tallerken, tegn, veiviser)

1. Synonyms:
   • Home plate
   • Home base
   • Home
   • Plate
   Definitions:
   • (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands
   • it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
   Examples:
   • He ruled that the runner failed to touch home
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Plate
   Definitions:
   • a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Plate
   Definitions:
   • a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Plate
   Definitions:
   • dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Plate
   • Plateful
   Definitions:
   • the quantity contained in a plate
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Plate
   • Crustal plate
   Definitions:
   • a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Plate
   Definitions:
   • the thin under portion of the forequarter
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Plate
   Definitions:
   • a main course served on a plate
   Examples:
   • A vegetable plate
   • The blue plate special
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Plate
   Definitions:
   • any flat platelike body structure or part
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Plate
    Definitions:
    • the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Plate
    • Photographic plate
    Definitions:
    • a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
    
    
12. Synonyms:
    • Plate
    Definitions:
    • structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
    
    
13. Synonyms:
    • Plate
    • Collection plate
    Definitions:
    • a shallow receptacle for collection in church
    
    
14. Synonyms:
    • Plate
    • Scale
    • Shell
    Definitions:
    • a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
    
    
15. Synonyms:
    • Denture
    • Dental plate
    • Plate
    Definitions:
    • a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
    
    

1. Synonyms:
   • Plate
   Definitions:
   • coat with a layer of metal
   Examples:
   • Plate spoons with silver