plate Meaning and Definition

1. n. a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth

2. n. (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score

3. n. dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten

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

5. n. a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic

6. n. a shallow receptacle for collection in church

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

8. n. a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)

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

10. n. the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube

11. n. any flat platelike body structure or part

12. n. a main course served on a plate

13. n. the thin under portion of the forequarter

14. n. a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly

15. n. the quantity contained in a plate

16. v. coat with a layer of metal