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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(211) All the plate was of heavy gold and the table cloths were silken, perfumed sheets hung heavy with gold embroidery.
(212) Inside appeared a dark labyrinth of ravaged shelves behind plate glass still festooned with the posters advertising special Christmas bargains.
(213) This morning Betty - my cleaner - came in bursting with the news that there was a brass plate outside.
(214) When Rowlandson returned in the afternoon he would find the shadows all dexterously transferred to the plate by means of the aquatint.
(215) Dinner was usually fried meat and pasty potatoes thrown on a chipped plate.
(216) It fell back towards us and I caught the filmy ash on another plate.
(217) There are no known tectonic plate boundaries in the area but a very ancient boundary may be lurking in the area.
(218) Polly poured the steaming coffee into a vacuum jug and wrapped the plate of cheese and tomato sandwiches lightly in clingfilm.
(219) Rotary press a web or reel fed printing press which uses a curved printing plate mounted on the plate cylinder.
(220) After Adam had finished and cleared his plate away, he returned to his room and lay on the bed thinking.
(221) At each meal she willingly cleaned her plate, eating ice cream and fried chicken until she felt bloated.
(222) His plate held the last few crumbs of a generous slice of pound cake.
(223) A plate of chicken leftovers and an empty can of Magnum malt liquor are on the floor.
(224) The steak was left to congeal on the plate, and Jenny ran down to the stable as fast as she could.
(225) Slice loin and place on other half of plate; drizzle with oil and sprinkle with basil.
(226) Transfer cooked croquettes to a plate and keep them warm while frying the remaining mixture.
(227) The pattern is similar to that produced by the flow of electrical current around a circular defect in a plate.
(228) One very obvious form is the volcanism of island arcs and continental-margin orogens associated with plate convergence.
(228) Sentencedict.com is a sentence dictionary, on which you can find excellent sentences for a large number of words.
(229) The preacher pushed his plate away and Lottie rose to clear the table.
(230) The Royal Exchange Theatre was a cross between a three-tiered cake plate and a circus ring.
(231) Dessert cutlery is set above the place mat; butter knife is on the side plate.
(232) Marie carves radishes into flowers and arranges them prettily on a plate with salt and olives.
(233) Breeze saw the brass plate from afar, and hurried up the path.
(234) Ripken grabbed a piece of wood, stepped to the plate and started batting practice with his own stylistic device.
(235) Penny was eating a piece of bacon off his plate.
(236) And under the plate, among the spinning wheels, diamonds and rubies do battle against friction.
(237) It cost less than a fiver a head - and there wasn't a plate broken all night!
(238) The pickled onion on the plate is not likely to win many converts, however.
(239) While the other plebes were bitching about the chow, Eddie cleaned his plate.
(240) An amorphous polymer in this state has been likened to a plate of frozen spaghetti.
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