Synonym: collection plate, crustal plate, dental plate, denture, home, home base, home plate, photographic plate, plateful, scale, shell. Similar words: contemplate, platform, late, later, relate, lately, electroplating, violate. Meaning: [pleɪt] 
n. 1. a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic 2. (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score 3. a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper) 4. dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten 5. the quantity contained in a plate 6. a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly 7. the thin under portion of the forequarter 8. a main course served on a plate 9. any flat platelike body structure or part 10. the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube 11. a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded 12. structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage 13. a shallow receptacle for collection in church 14. a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) 15. a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth. v. coat with a layer of metal.
n. 1. a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic 2. (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score 3. a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper) 4. dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten 5. the quantity contained in a plate 6. a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly 7. the thin under portion of the forequarter 8. a main course served on a plate 9. any flat platelike body structure or part 10. the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube 11. a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded 12. structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage 13. a shallow receptacle for collection in church 14. a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) 15. a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth. v. coat with a layer of metal. 
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(121) His car has a personalized number plate - TJ 1.
(122) Place a plate over the cake tin and invert it.
(123) The waitress whipped the plate away and put down my bill.
(124) The thieves got away with £15 000 worth of church plate.
(125) Before our very eyes(sentencedict.com), the bird snatched the fish from the plate and flew off.
(126) The aid agencies have enough on their plate without having unnecessary visitors to look after.
(127) I knocked the plate off the table with my elbow.
(128) Dr Jaffrey handed us a plate of dates:traditionally the delicacy with which to break the Ramadan fast.
(129) The cold remains of supper had congealed on the plate.
(130) I put the plate of food on the floor, and before you could say Jack Robinson, the dog had eaten it.
(131) He picked the napkin from his lap and placed it alongside his plate.
(132) You'd better to spit out the seeds in your palm, and then put them on the plate.
(133) He pushed his plate away from him, refusing to eat any more.
(134) She gave him a glass of whisky and heaped his plate with food.
(135) We have enough on our plate. There is plenty of work to be done on what we have.
(136) He handed round a plate of tiny sandwiches, daintily arranged in rings.
(137) You can't expect promotion to be handed to you on a plate.
(138) She hardly ate a thing,[www.Sentencedict.com] just toyed with a piece of cheese on her plate.
(139) She laid down her knife and fork and pushed her plate away.
(140) I can't possibly take a holiday at the moment; I've got far too much on my plate.
(141) She dropped the plate and it broke into pieces/in two.
(142) She could just about read the number plate of the car speeding away from the accident.
(143) The manufacturer's name is on the bottom of the plate.
(144) Anita pushed her plate away; she had eaten virtually nothing.
(145) I gave her a plate of food but she pushed it aside.
(146) The work interposes a glass plate between two large circular mirrors.
(147) He quickly ate everything on his plate and asked for seconds.
(148) She dropped the plate.
(149) Uma had a cup of tea waiting for me, along with a plate of biscuits.
(150) The children will be here soon - you'd better put that plate out of harm's way.
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