plate

noun

1. 1

   a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth

2. 2

   (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

3. 3

   dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten

4. 4

   a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)

5. 5

   a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic

6. 6

   a shallow receptacle for collection in church

7. 7

   structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage

8. 8

   a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)

9. 9

   a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded

10. 10

    the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube

11. 11

    any flat platelike body structure or part

12. 12

    a main course served on a plate

    a vegetable plate

    the blue plate special