Plate | Mean of plate in English Dictionary

/ˈpleɪt/

• Noun
• a flat and usually round dish that is used for eating or serving food
1. plates, bowls, and cups
2. a paper plate
3. fancy dinner/salad/bread/dessert plates
4. a large serving plate [=platter]
5. pie plates [=plates used to hold pies]
• the food that is served on a plate
1. a plate of cheese and crackers
2. a fruit/vegetable/meat plate [=a plate filled with different fruits/vegetables/meats]
3. I ate a salad and a plate of spaghetti.
• a thin, flat piece of metal
1. A shiny metal plate was screwed to the door.
2. He had a steel plate put in his shoulder after the accident.
3. a plate of armor

• one of the usually flat, hard pieces that cover the body of some animals
1. a dinosaur covered in bony plates
• a dish or small container used in some churches to collect money
1. They passed around the plate during services.
2. the collection plate
• one of the very large sections of the Earth's surface that are believed to move and cause earthquakes where they touch each other
• metal that is covered with a thin layer of gold or silver
1. gold/silver plate
• objects (such as dishes, knives, forks, etc.) that are covered with a thin layer of gold or silver
1. The dishes were solid silver, not plate.
• a special page in a book that has pictures on it
1. The book is 500 pages long and contains over 50 color plates.
• a surface of metal, plastic, or wood that is used in printing words or pictures on paper
1. printing plates
• a sheet of glass or plastic that is treated with a special chemical and used in photography
1. photographic plates
• the part of a set of false teeth that attaches to the mouth
1. the upper/lower plate of a set of dentures
• in a way that requires no effort
1. He was handed the job on a plate. [=he was given the job without having to do anything to earn it]
2. The victory was handed to us on a plate.
• to move into position next to home plate in order to bat
1. He finally stepped up to the plate [=he finally took action] and asked her to marry him.
2. If you want this promotion, you're going to have to step up to the plate. [=you will have to improve your work performance to show that you deserve the promotion]
• Verb
• to add a layer of metal to the outside of (something)
1. The tin cups were plated with silver.
• to cause (a run or a runner) to score
1. His second hit plated [=drove in] two runs.