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Definition plate in British English

plate noun

noun
/pleɪt/
1

a flat round dish that you put food on

Example

Rinse the plates before putting them in the dishwasher.

Example

paper plates

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bowl dish finger bowl
1.1

the amount of food that a plate will hold

Example

a plate of sandwiches

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a stick of butter/margarine batch bed
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food meal cooking
1.3

a flat round dish used for collecting money, especially in a church

Example

There will be a plate at the back for any donations.

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altar biretta cassock
2

a piece of metal or a hard substance used for covering or protecting something

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surface cover layer
2.1

a piece of metal put into a part of someone's body to protect it

Example

Surgeons covered the wound in his skull with a metal plate.

Synonyms and related words
catheter defibrillator drain
2.2

a piece of metal used for covering something, or for joining two parts of something together

Example

Workers put a steel plate over the hole in the roadway.

Example

They welded a large plate to the side of the damaged ship.

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surface cover layer
2.3

one of the flat pieces of bone, horn etc that protect the body of some animals

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armor armour beard
3

a small piece of metal or plastic that is fixed to something and used for showing information such as someone's name or a number

Example

You can find the serial number on a plate inside the door of the refrigerator.

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banner blue plaque board
4

a thin layer of silver or gold that covers a less valuable metal to improve its appearance

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surface cover layer anvil bar beat
4.1

forks, spoons, plates etc that are covered by a layer of silver or gold

Synonyms and related words
bone china canteen china
5

a piece of metal used, especially in the past, for printing the words and pictures in books

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bold bold capitalise
5.1

a picture printed on special paper in a book

Example

The book contains 35 colour plates.

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acknowledgments addendum afterword
5.2

a piece of glass covered in chemicals that react with light, used especially in the past for producing images that could then be printed as photographs

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analogue camera aperture body camera
6

a piece of plastic or metal with false teeth fixed to it that is made to fit inside your mouth

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amalgam brace bridge
6.1

a piece of plastic with wires fixed to it that you wear in your mouth to make your teeth straight

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amalgam brace bridge
7

one of the layers of rock that form the surface of the Earth

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aquifer continental drift continental shelf
Definition plate in British English