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| 1. | [ noun ] (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score | |
| Synonyms: | home home_plate home_base | |
| Examples: | "he ruled that the runner failed to touch home" |
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| Related terms: | base baseball | |
| 2. | [ noun ] a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic | |
| Related terms: | sheet disk slide fishplate engraving cylinder_head L-plate gusset lamella license_plate nameplate escutcheon plate_iron platen fin_keel damper plessimeter tap baffle | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (food) dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten | |
| Related terms: | dish flatware paper_plate salad_plate dinner_plate steel_plate soup_plate dessert_plate | |
| 4. | [ noun ] a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper) | |
| Related terms: | illustration fashion_plate | |
| 5. | [ noun ] the quantity contained in a plate | |
| Synonyms: | plateful | |
| Related terms: | containerful | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (physics,electronics,electricity) the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube | |
| Related terms: | anode tube | |
| 7. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 23490 | |
| 8. | [ noun ] (photography) a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded | |
| Synonyms: | photographic_plate | |
| Related terms: | sheet quarter_plate | |
| 9. | [ noun ] (food) a main course served on a plate | |
| Examples: | : "a vegetable plate" "the blue plate special" |
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| Related terms: | entree | |
| 10. | [ noun ] (zoology) any flat platelike body structure or part | |
| Related terms: | structure comb lamina operculum | |
| 11. | [ noun ] a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) | |
| Synonyms: | shell scale | |
| Related terms: | shield horseshoe shell_plating armor_plate | |
| 12. | [ noun ] (geology) a rigid layer of the lithosphere that is believed to drift slowly | |
| Synonyms: | crustal_plate | |
| Related terms: | crust lithosphere | |
| 13. | [ noun ] (chemistry,food) the thin under portion of the forequarter | |
| Related terms: | cut_of_beef | |
| 14. | [ verb ] coat with a layer of metal | |
| Examples: | "plate spoons with silver" |
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| Related terms: | coat tin silverplate nickel chrome goldplate silver tin electroplate plating | |
| 15. | [ noun ] structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage | |
| Related terms: | structural_member wall_plate structure | |
| 16. | [ noun ] (dentistry) a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth | |
| Synonyms: | denture dental_plate | |
| Related terms: | dental_appliance partial_denture false_teeth bridge | |
| 17. | [ noun ] a shallow receptacle for collection in church | |
| Synonyms: | collection_plate | |
| Related terms: | receptacle | |
| 18. | [ noun ] (baseball,sport) the position on a baseball team of the player who is stationed behind home plate and who catches the balls that the pitcher throws | |
| Synonyms: | catcher | |
| Examples: | "a catcher needs a lot of protective equipment" "he plays behind the plate" |
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| Related terms: | position baseball_team | |
| Similar spelling: |
Platte plat plateau pleat Platt plot Plataea play_at Pluto Pluta Plude Plott plead platy Plato plath Plata plait palate plowed played |
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