Definition of plite
1. plate [ n ] (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
Examples:
"he ruled that the runner failed to touch home"
(The Sun, [Baltimore],...)
The Orioles once_again performed at the plate in powderpuff fashion , gathering only seven blows off the offerings of three Kansas_City pitchers .
The Orioles got a run in the first inning when Breeding , along with Robinson , the two Birds who got a pair of hits , doubled to right center , moved to third on Russ_Snyder 's single to right and crossed on Kunkel 's wild_pitch into the dirt in_front of the plate .
`` Take a ride on this one '' , Brooks_Robinson greeted Hansen as the Bird third_sacker grabbed a bat , headed for the plate and bounced a third inning two run double off the left centerfield wall tonight .
Synonyms home plate home_plate home_base Related Terms base baseball2. plate [ n ] a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
Used in print:(Bern Dibner, "Oerstad and the Discovery of Electro...)
In February 1801 , Oersted did manage to experiment with physical apparatus and reported experiments made with a voltaic_battery of 600 plates of zinc and silver and of later experiments with a battery of 60 plates of zinc and lead .
In February 1801 , Oersted did manage to experiment with physical apparatus and reported experiments made with a voltaic_battery of 600 plates of zinc and silver and of later experiments with a battery of 60 plates of zinc and lead .
(1961 Research Highlights of the National Bureau of...)
A small pressure unbalance displaces the diaphragm and changes the capacitance between the diaphragm and an electrically insulated plate spaced 0.001 in. apart ( for * * f ) .
Synonyms plate 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 baffle3. plate [ n ] dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
Used in print:(Christopher Davis, First Family....)
He had eaten almost nothing on the crested , three sectioned plate and had drunk about half the milk in its paper container .
(William Maxwell, The Chateau....)
Since ordinary breakfast-table conversation was impossible , it was at_least something that they were able to offer Eugene the sugar_bowl with their sugar in it , and the plate of bread_and_butter , and that Eugene could return the pitcher of hot milk to them handle first .
(Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)
The enormous plates which had held Mr._Jack 's four fried_eggs and five strips of bacon were still stacked in the sink .
Synonyms plate Related Terms dish flatware paper_plate salad_plate dinner_plate steel_plate soup_plate dessert_plate4. plate [ n ] a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
Used in print:(Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)
Whenever artists , indeed , turned_to actual representations or molded three-dimensional_figures , which were rare down to 800 B.C. , they tended to reflect reality ( see Plate 6a , 9b ) ; a schematic , abstract treatment of men and animals , by intent , rose only in the late eighth century .
Wavy lines , feather like patterns , rosettes of indefinitely floral nature , birds either singly or in stylized rows , animals in solemn frieze bands ( see Plates 11 - 12 ) - all these turned_up in the more developed fabrics as preliminary signs that the potters were broadening their gaze .
Plate 12 illustrates four examples , which are Ripe or Late_Geometric work of common spirit but of different schools .
Synonyms plate Related Terms illustration fashion_plate5. plate [ n ] the quantity contained in a plate
Used in print:(Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)
The innocence that they tried to conceal at the beginning is clearly destroyed forever when one of them , asking for a piece of lemon-meringue_pie , gets a plate of English_muffins instead .
Synonyms plate plateful Related Terms containerful6. plate [ n ] the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
Synonyms plate Related Terms anode tube7. Plate [ n ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 23490
Synonyms Plate8. plate [ n ] a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
Synonyms photographic_plate plate Related Terms sheet quarter_plate9. plate [ n ] a main course served on a plate
Examples: : "a vegetable plate"
"the blue plate special"
10. plate [ n ] any flat platelike body structure or part
Synonyms plate Related Terms structure comb lamina operculum11. plate [ n ] a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
Synonyms scale shell plate Related Terms shield horseshoe shell_plating armor_plate12. plate [ n ] a rigid layer of the lithosphere that is believed to drift slowly
Synonyms crustal_plate plate Related Terms crust lithosphere13. plate [ n ] the thin under portion of the forequarter
Synonyms plate Related Terms cut_of_beef14. plate [ v ] coat with a layer of metal
Examples:
"plate spoons with silver"
15. plate [ n ] structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
Synonyms plate Related Terms structural_member wall_plate structure16. plate [ n ] a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
Synonyms denture plate dental_plate Related Terms dental_appliance partial_denture false_teeth bridge17. plate [ n ] a shallow receptacle for collection in church
Synonyms collection_plate plate Related Terms receptacle18. plate [ n ] the position on a baseball team of the player who is stationed behind home plate and who catches the balls that the pitcher throws
Examples:
"a catcher needs a lot of protective equipment"
"he plays behind the plate"
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