| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| Sounds | pley't |
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| Rhymes | abate, abbreviate, abdicate, and 533 more rhymes in eyt at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | A sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic. |
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| Narrower | baffle, baffle board; cylinder head; damper; disk, disc; engraving; escutcheon; fin keel; fishplate; gusset, gusset plate; lamella; license plate, numberplate; L-plate; nameplate; plate iron; platen; pleximeter, plessimeter; tap |
| Broader | sheet, flat solid |
| Verbs | plate |
| Meaning | (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands. It must be touched by a base runner in order to score. |
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| Synonyms | home plate, home base, home |
| Category | baseball, baseball game, ball |
| Broader | base, bag |
| Meaning | A full-page illustration (usually on slick paper). |
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| Narrower | fashion plate |
| Broader | illustration |
| Meaning | Dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten. |
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| Narrower | dessert plate; dinner plate; paper plate; salad plate, salad bowl; soup plate; steel plate |
| Broader | flatware |
| Meaning | The quantity contained in a plate. |
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| Synonyms | plateful |
| Broader | containerful |
| Meaning | A rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly. |
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| Synonyms | crustal plate |
| Broader | crust, Earth's crust |
| Meaning | The thin under portion of the forequarter. |
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| Broader | cut of beef |
| Meaning | A main course served on a plate. |
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| Examples | "a vegetable plate"; "the blue plate special" |
| Broader | entree, main course |
| Meaning | Any flat platelike body structure or part. |
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| Narrower | operculum; comb; lamina |
| Broader | structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure |
| Meaning | The positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube. |
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| Part of | tube, vacuum tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic tube, electron tube, thermionic valve |
| Broader | anode |
| Meaning | A flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded. |
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| Synonyms | photographic plate |
| Narrower | quarter plate |
| Broader | sheet, flat solid |
| Meaning | Structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage. |
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| Part of | structure, construction |
| Narrower | wall plate |
| Broader | structural member |
| Meaning | A shallow receptacle for collection in church. |
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| Synonyms | collection plate |
| Broader | receptacle |
| Meaning | A metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners). |
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| Synonyms | scale, shell |
| Narrower | armor plate, armour plate, armor plating, plate armor, plate armour; horseshoe, shoe; shell plating |
| Broader | shield |
| Meaning | A dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth. |
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| Synonyms | denture, dental plate |
| Narrower | bridge, bridgework; false teeth; partial denture |
| Broader | dental appliance |
| Meaning | The position on a baseball team of the player who is stationed behind home plate and who catches the balls that the pitcher throws. |
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| Examples | "he plays behind the plate" |
| Synonyms | catcher |
| Member of | baseball team |
| Broader | position |
| Meaning | Coat with a layer of metal. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "plate spoons with silver" |
| Narrower | tin; tin; silver; nickel; electroplate; chrome, chromium-plate; goldplate, gold-plate, gold plate; silverplate, silver-plate |
| Broader | coat, surface |
| Nouns | plating; plating; plate; plater |