Meaning of plate | Babel Free

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1. The River Plate.
2. The River Plate
3. Precious metal, especially silver.
   uncountable, usually
4. Silver or gold, in the form of a coin, or less often silver or gold utensils or dishes.
   obsolete
5. A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten.
6. tally
7. A roundel of silver or argent.
8. have on one's plate, Informal. to have as an immediate obligation.
9. Such dishes collectively.
   uncountable
10. River, English name of Río de la Plata.
11. The contents of such a dish.
12. shield
13. To coat or cover with a thin layer of metal.
14. A course at a meal.
15. third-person singular present indicative
16. covered with a thin layer of a different metal. gold-plated dishes. geplateer مُغَطّى بطَبَقَةٍ مَعْدَنِيَّه позлатен и пр revestido plátovaný versilbert, vergoldet belagt; -belagt επιμεταλλωμένος chapado plakeeritud آبکاری شده pinnoitettu plaquéמצופה पट्टित obloženo, pocinčati, posrebreno fémmel bevont berlapis málmhúðaður placcato －めっきの 도금된 padengtas apsudrabots; apzeltīts bersadur plateren plettert, i gull-/sølvplett pokryty, powleczony آبكارى شوى revestido placat (cu) покрытый тонким слое...
17. An agenda of tasks, problems, or responsibilities
    figuratively
18. second-person singular imperative
19. the complete contents of a plate. a plateful of potatoes; two platefuls of chips. bord vol مِلء صَحْن пълна чиния prato cheio talíř einen Teller voll tallerken; portion πιάτοplato taldrikutäis به گنجایش یک بشقاب lautasellinen assiette צַלַחַת מְלֵאָה प्लेट भर tanjur nečega tányérnyi sepiring diskfylli piatto 皿一杯 한 접시(의 분량) lėkštė pilns šķīvis pinggan penuh bord, bordvoltallerkenfulltalerz د يوه نالبكى په اندازى pratada farfurie полная тарелка tanier poln krožnik (česa) pun tanjir tallrik จำนว...
20. A flat object of uniform thickness.
21. a thin covering of metal. silver-plating. platering طِلاء، تَصْفيح позлата и пр revestimento plátování, povlak die Versilberung, die Vergoldung belægning; -belægning επιμετάλλωση revestimiento, chapado plakeering روکش فلزی pleteeraus, silaus placageצפוי धातु का आवरण चढ़ाना kovna oplata, galvanizacija fémbevonat lapisan málmhúð placcatura めっき 도금 danga []sudrabojums; []zeltījums sadur laagjeplettering, metalloverdrag powleczenie, pokrycie د اوسپنى پوښ revestimento placare металлическое покрытие...
22. Vehicle license plates, registration plates.
    Australia, especially, metonymically, plural, plural-only
23. a kind of glass made in thick sheets for windows, mirrors etc. plaatglas زُجاج مُصَفَّح كَثيف шлифовано стъкло vidro laminado zrcadlové sklo das Scheibenglas spejlglas κρύσταλλο vidrio/cristal cilindrado; luna peegelklaas شیشه جام ikkunalasi verre à vitre (très épais) זְכוּכִית רְקוּעָה पट्टिका कांच debelo ravno staklo (za izloge) táblaüveg lembaran kaca glugga-/speglagler (cristallo in lastre) 板ガラス 판유리 veidrodinis stiklas spoguļstikls; vitrīnu stikls kepingan kaca spiegelglas vindusglass; sp...
    etc
24. A taxi permit, especially of a metal disc.
25. A smooth, flat, relatively thin, rigid body of uniform thickness.
26. Plate armor.
    historical
27. A sheet of hammered, rolled, or cast metal.
28. A layer of a material on the surface of something, usually qualified by the type of the material; plating
29. A flat piece of metal forming part of a machine: a boiler plate.
30. A material covered with such a layer.
31. An ornamental or food service item coated with silver or gold or otherwise decorated.
    dated
32. A weighted disk, usually of metal, with a hole in the center for use with a barbell, dumbbell, or exercise machine.
33. An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper.
34. An image or copy.
35. An illustration in a book, either black and white, or colour, usually on a page of paper of different quality from the text pages.
36. A shaped and fitted surface, usually ceramic or metal that fits into the mouth and in which teeth are implanted; a dental plate.
37. A horizontal framing member at the top or bottom of a group of vertical studs.
38. A person's foot.
    Cockney, slang
39. Home plate.
40. A tectonic plate.
41. Any of various larger scales found in some reptiles.
42. A flat electrode such as can be found in an accumulator battery, or in an electrolysis tank.
43. The anode of a vacuum tube.
44. A prize given to the winner in a contest.
45. Any flat piece of material such as coated glass or plastic.
46. A metallic card, used to imprint tickets with an airline's logo, name, and numeric code.
    dated
47. The ability of a travel agent to issue tickets on behalf of a particular airline.
    broadly
48. A VIN plate, particularly with regard to the car's year of manufacture.
    Australia
49. One of the thin parts of the brisket of an animal.
50. A very light steel horseshoe for racehorses.
51. Skins for fur linings of garments, sewn together and roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted.
52. The fine nap (as of beaver, musquash, etc.) on a hat whose body is made from inferior material.
53. A record, usually vinyl.
54. trauma plate.
55. Any of the potential romantic or sexual partners with whom a person keeps in touch as part of plate spinning.
    slang
56. A Lego piece that is thin, 1/3 the height of a brick, and has studs on top.

Equivalents

Examples

“I filled my plate from the bountiful table.”

“A valuable collection of silver plate was donated to the museum.”

“I ate a plate of beans.”

“The meat plate was particularly tasty.”

“With revenues down and transfer payments up, the legislature has a full plate.”

“The most important and most expensive part of any solar cell is a silicon plate.”

“He stole a car and changed the plates as soon as he could.”

“He was confronted by two knights in full plate.”

“He hewd, and lasht, and foynd, and thondred blowes, And euery way did seeke into his life, Ne plate, ne male could ward so mighty throwes, But yeilded passage to his cruell knife.”

“Two potent Thrones, that to be less then Gods Disdain’d, but meaner thoughts learnd in thir flight, Mangl’d with gastly wounds through Plate and Maile.”

“The bullets just bounced off the steel plate on its hull.”

“If you're not careful, someone will sell you silverware that's really only silver plate.”

“The tea was served in the plate.”

“The silver ore of pure Charity is an expensive article in the catalogue of a man's good Qualities—whereas the sentimental French Plate I use instead of it makes just as good a shew—and pays no tax.”

“We finished making the plates this morning.”

“Sit down and give your plates a rest.”

“There was a close play at the plate.”

“Our planet's crust is split into eight major plates and many minor plates.”

“Regulating the oscillator plate voltage greatly improves the keying.”

“The SAPI plate in his vest protected him from the bullet's impact.”

“More plates means more dates!”

“At every meal—and I have heard the meals at Petleighcote were neither abundant nor succulent—enough plate stood upon the table to pay for the feeding of the poor of the whole county for a month”

“At the northern extremity of this chill province the gold plate of the Groans, pranked across the shining black of the long table, smoulders as though it contains fire[…]”

“[…] realms and islands were As plates dropp’d from his pocket.”

“[…]; but the tributary waters of the Plate issuing from the eastern and western plateaus, flow towards each other, unite in the heart of the continent, and continue over the central plain to the Atlantic.”

“To the southwest 235 miles of Uruguay's coast meet the muddy waters of the Plate. The tide plays tricks with the sediment-laden discharge of the great river and drives it back onto the coast, […]”

“A series of lucky shots from the small fort at Colonia had set fire to the Lord Clive, which was unable to manoeuvre in the shallow waters of the Plate. It did not stop burning till the flames reached the water line.”

“It would be preferable in view of the shortage of ammunition to blow her up in the shallow waters of the Plate and to have the crew interned.”

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