PLATE | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Plate

Speech Type: Noun

Etymology:

Middle English (denoting a flat, thin sheet, usually of metal): from Old French, from medieval Latin plata ‘plate armour’, based on Greek platus ‘flat’. plate (sense 1 of the noun) represents Old French plat ‘platter, large dish’, also ‘dish of meat’, noun use of Old French plat ‘flat’

Audio Pronunciation:

Phonetic Spelling: pleɪt

Dialects: British English

Definition:

a flat dish, typically circular and made of china, from which food is eaten or served

Short Definition:

flat dish for food

Examples:

he pushed his empty plate to one side and sipped his wine
a dinner plate

Definition:

dishes, bowls, cups, and other utensils made of gold, silver, or other metal

Short Definition:

dishes made of gold or silver

Examples:

an exhibition of the plate belonging to the college

Definition:

a thin, flat sheet or strip of metal or other material, typically one used to join or strengthen things or forming part of a machine

Short Definition:

flat sheet of metal used to strengthen or join

Examples:

he underwent surgery to have a steel plate put into his leg

Definition:

a thin, flat organic structure or formation

Short Definition:

thin, flat organic structure

Examples:

the fused bony plates protect the tortoise's soft parts

Definition:

each of the several rigid pieces of the earth's lithosphere which together make up the earth's surface.

Short Definition:

rigid piece of earth's lithosphere

Examples:

the Pacific Ocean plate

Definition:

a sheet of metal, plastic, or other material bearing an image of type or illustrations from which multiple copies are printed

Short Definition:

sheet of metal etc. from which to print

Examples:

the correct alignment of the plates in four-colour printing

Definition:

a thin piece of plastic moulded to the shape of a person's mouth and gums, to which artificial teeth or another orthodontic appliance are attached.

Short Definition:

piece of plastic to which orthodontic appliances are attached

Definition:

a thin piece of metal that acts as an electrode in a capacitor, battery, or cell.

Short Definition:

electrode in battery etc.

Word: Plate

Speech Type: Verb

Audio Pronunciation:

Phonetic Spelling: pleɪt

Dialects: British English

Definition:

cover (a metal object) with a thin coating of a different metal.

Short Definition:

cover metal with coating of different metal

Definition:

serve or arrange (food) on a plate or plates

Short Definition:

serve food on plate

Examples:

overcooked vegetables won't look appetizing, no matter how they are plated

Definition:

score or cause to score (a run or runs)

Short Definition:

score home run

Examples:

Matt Wignot plated two of Clarkson's runs

Definition:

inoculate (cells or infective material) on to a culture plate, especially with the object of isolating a particular strain of microorganisms or estimating viable cell numbers.

Short Definition:

inoculate on to culture plate