plate (
http://definr.com/plate)
n 1: a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
2: (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"
[syn:
home plate,
home]
3: a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
4: dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
5: the quantity contained in a plate [syn:
plateful]
6: a rigid layer of the lithosphere that is believed to drift
slowly
7: the thin under portion of the forequarter
8: a main course served on a plate: "a vegetable plate"; "the
blue plate special"
9: any flat platelike body structure or part
10: the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
11: a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image
can be recorded [syn:
photographic plate]
12: structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that
provides bearing and anchorage
13: a shallow receptacle for collection in church [syn: {collection
plate}]
14: a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield
attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
[syn:
scale,
shell]
15: a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
[syn:
denture,
dental plate]
16: the position on a baseball team of the player who is
stationed behind home plate and who catches the balls
that the pitcher throws; "a catcher needs a lot of
protective equipment"; "he plays behind the plate" [syn:
catcher]
v : coat with a layer of metal