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UK
/plˈeɪt/
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[ US /ˈpɫeɪt/ ]
[ US /ˈpɫeɪt/ ]
NOUN
- the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
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a main course served on a plate
the blue plate special
a vegetable plate - dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
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(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 - any flat platelike body structure or part
- a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
- a shallow receptacle for collection in church
- a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
- the thin under portion of the forequarter
- the quantity contained in a plate
- a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
- a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
- a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
- a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
- structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
VERB
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coat with a layer of metal
plate spoons with silver
How To Use plate In A Sentence
- Their dried dung is found everywhere, and is in many places the only fuel afforded by the plains; their skulls, which last longer than any other part of the animal, are among the most familiar of objects to the plainsman; their bones are in many districts so plentiful that it has become a regular industry, followed by hundreds of men (christened "bone hunters" by the frontiersmen), to go out with wagons and collect them in great numbers for the sake of the phosphates they yield; and Bad Lands, plateaus, and prairies alike, are cut up in all directions by the deep ruts which were formerly buffalo trails. VIII. The Lordly Buffalo
- By adding the chlorides of strontian, uranium, potassium, sodium, iron, or copper to the liquid, various effects may be produced, and these bodies will be found to produce the same color on the plate that their flame gives to alcohol. American Hand Book of the Daguerreotype
- A second problem is damage caused by the buildup of excessive electrical charges in the plate from the unwanted ions.
- To avoid leaving the center posts in the permanent work, two rows of temporary posts were placed, as shown by Fig. 1, Plate LX, the center wall and skewback were built, and the posts were removed, as shown by Fig. 2, Plate LX, before placing the remainder of the lining. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The Cross-Town Tunnels. Paper No. 1158
- A lot of things are a lot smoother and less of a drag now than they were four and a half months ago—finding the food on the left side of my plate, threading my left arm into my left shirtsleeve, typing, reading. Left Neglected
- The white plates are composed of a very tough but light titanium alloy that provides a good deal of extra protection to the body's vitals.
- The plateau is 1300 meters above sea level and attracts people for its natural beauties, clean weather, and cold spring water. Archive 2009-05-01
- The clergyman and his son pricked up their ears at this, photography being with them only a degree less absorbing a pastime than that of walking; Ron awoke suddenly to the remembrance that his half-plate camera had never been unpacked since his arrival; and the three vied with each other in asking questions about the proposed excursion, and in urging that a date should be fixed. Big Game A Story for Girls
- Two workboats, ancient battered things with rusting plates, shouldered into it from either side like a couple of drunks supporting a comatose companion.
- Titan's dunes bend around hills and upland plateaus, revealing how Titan's wind interacts with the topography.