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| n. (artifact) | 1. home, home base, home plate, plate | (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" |
| ~ baseball, baseball game | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs.; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" |
| ~ bag, base | a place that the runner must touch before scoring.; "he scrambled to get back to the bag" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. plate | a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic. |
| ~ baffle, baffle board | a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy. |
| ~ cylinder head | a detachable plate that covers the closed end of a cylinder chamber in a reciprocating engine or pump. |
| ~ damper | a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace. |
| ~ disk, disc | a flat circular plate. |
| ~ engraving | a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved. |
| ~ escutcheon | (nautical) a plate on a ship's stern on which the name is inscribed. |
| ~ fin keel | a metal plate projecting from the keel of a shallow vessel to give it greater lateral stability. |
| ~ fishplate | metal plate bolted along sides of two rails or beams. |
| ~ storage-battery grid, grid | a perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material. |
| ~ gusset plate, gusset | a metal plate used to strengthen a joist. |
| ~ lamella | thin plate. |
| ~ license plate, numberplate | a plate mounted on the front and back of car and bearing the car's registration number. |
| ~ l-plate | a square plate bearing the letter L that is attached to both ends of a car to indicate that the driver is a learner. |
| ~ nameplate | a plate bearing a name. |
| ~ plate iron | a plate of iron. |
| ~ platen | the flat plate of a printing press that presses the paper against the type. |
| ~ plessimeter, pleximeter | a small thin metal plate held against the body and struck with a plexor in percussive examinations. |
| ~ flat solid, sheet | a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width. |
| ~ tap | a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing). |
| n. (artifact) | 3. plate | a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper). |
| ~ fashion plate | a plate illustrating the latest fashion in dress. |
| ~ illustration | a visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. plate | dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten. |
| ~ dessert plate | a small plate on which dessert can be served. |
| ~ dinner plate | a plate from which a diner eats during the main course of a meal. |
| ~ flatware | tableware that is relatively flat and fashioned as a single piece. |
| ~ paper plate | a disposable plate made of cardboard. |
| ~ salad bowl, salad plate | a plate or bowl for individual servings of salad. |
| ~ soup plate | a deep plate with a wide rim. |
| ~ steel plate | a plate of steel. |
| n. (quantity) | 5. plate, plateful | the quantity contained in a plate. |
| ~ containerful | the quantity that a container will hold. |
| n. (object) | 6. crustal plate, plate | a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly. |
| ~ crust, earth's crust | the outer layer of the Earth. |
| n. (food) | 7. plate | the thin under portion of the forequarter. |
| ~ cut of beef | cut of meat from beef cattle. |
| n. (food) | 8. plate | a main course served on a plate.; "a vegetable plate"; "the blue plate special" |
| ~ entree, main course | the principal dish of a meal. |
| n. (body) | 9. plate | any flat platelike body structure or part. |
| ~ operculum | a hard flap serving as a cover for (a) the gill slits in fishes or (b) the opening of the shell in certain gastropods when the body is retracted. |
| ~ comb | ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore. |
| ~ anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure | a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing.; "he has good bone structure" |
| ~ frill | (paleontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs. |
| ~ lamina | a thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral). |
| n. (artifact) | 10. plate | the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube. |
| ~ anode | a positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device. |
| ~ electron tube, thermionic tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic valve, vacuum tube, tube | electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope. |
| n. (artifact) | 11. photographic plate, plate | a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded. |
| ~ quarter plate | a photographic plate measuring 3.25 inches by 4.25 inches. |
| ~ flat solid, sheet | a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width. |
| n. (artifact) | 12. plate | structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage. |
| ~ structural member | support that is a constituent part of any structure or building. |
| ~ structure, construction | a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts.; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" |
| ~ wall plate | plate (a timber along the top of a wall) to support the ends of joists, etc., and distribute the load. |
| n. (artifact) | 13. collection plate, plate | a shallow receptacle for collection in church. |
| ~ receptacle | a container that is used to put or keep things in. |
| n. (artifact) | 14. plate, scale, shell | a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners). |
| ~ armor plate, armor plating, armour plate, plate armor, plate armour | specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire. |
| ~ horseshoe, shoe | U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof. |
| ~ shell plating | the plates covering the frame of a steel ship and corresponding to the planking of a wooden ship. |
| ~ shield | a protective covering or structure. |
| n. (artifact) | 15. dental plate, denture, plate | a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth. |
| ~ bridgework, bridge | a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth. |
| ~ dental appliance | a device to repair teeth or replace missing teeth. |
| ~ false teeth | a removable denture. |
| ~ partial denture | a denture replacing one or more teeth in a dental arch. |
| v. (contact) | 16. plate | coat with a layer of metal.; "plate spoons with silver" |
| ~ tin | prepare (a metal) for soldering or brazing by applying a thin layer of solder to the surface. |
| ~ coat, surface | put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface.; "coat the cake with chocolate" |
| ~ tin | plate with tin. |
| ~ silver | coat with a layer of silver or a silver amalgam.; "silver the necklace" |
| ~ nickel | plate with nickel.; "nickel the plate" |
| ~ electroplate | coat with metal by electrolysis.; "electroplate the watch" |
| ~ chrome, chromium-plate | plate with chromium.; "chrome bathroom fixtures" |
| ~ gold-plate, gold plate, goldplate | plate with gold.; "goldplate a watch" |
| ~ silver-plate, silverplate | plate with silver.; "silverplate a watch" |
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