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Plates

/pleɪts/

A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten.

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📖 Definitions of "Plates"

noun

1
A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten.
"I filled my plate from the bountiful table."
2
Such dishes collectively.
3
The contents of such a dish.
"I ate a plate of beans."
4
A course at a meal.
"The meat plate was particularly tasty."

verb

1
To cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material, usually a metal.
"This ring is plated with a thin layer of gold."
2
To place the various elements of a meal on the diner's plate prior to serving.
"After preparation, the chef will plate the dish."
3
To score a run.
"The single plated the runner from second base."
4
To arm or defend with metal plates.

noun

1
Precious metal, especially silver.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Plates"

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catchernoun	(baseball) The player who squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher.
photographic platenoun	An early form of photographic material in which the photosensitive emulsion was applied to a glass plate; latterly only used by astronomers.
shellnoun	A hard external covering of an animal.
collection platenoun	A plate or other container passed among the worshipers attending a Christian church service, into which donations of money are placed.
home platenoun	(baseball) A flat, pentagonal, rubber object placed at the center of the batter's box, which is used as a basis for judging pitched strikes and balls, and the touching of which by a runner advancing from or past third base scores a run.
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badgesnoun	A distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on one’s clothing, as an insignia of some rank, or of the membership of an organization.
basesnoun	Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
billboards	a ballet commissioned by Gerald Arpino for the Joffrey Ballet featuring the works of Prince.
bluffsnoun	(countable or uncountable) An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one’s position in order to intimidate or deceive; braggadocio.
boardnoun	A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.
boardsnoun	(informal, with "the") A stage (as in a theater).
bookletsnoun	A small or thin book.
bowlsnoun	A precision sport where the goal is to roll biased balls (weighted on one side, and called bowls) closer to a smaller white ball (the jack or kitty) than one's opponent is able to do.
boxesnoun	Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
bucksnoun	A surname from German.
canistersnoun	A cylindrical or rectangular container usually of lightweight metal, plastic, or laminated pasteboard used for holding a dry product (as tea, crackers, flour, matches).
cansnoun	(colloquial) headphones