plate

Sense 1 noun

(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

Sense 2 verb

coat with a layer of metal

plate spoons with silver

Sense 3 noun

a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic

Sense 4 noun

a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)

Sense 5 noun

dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten

Sense 6 noun

the quantity contained in a plate

Sense 7 noun

a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly

Sense 8 noun

the thin under portion of the forequarter

Sense 9 noun

a main course served on a plate

a vegetable plate

Sense 10 noun

any flat platelike body structure or part

Sense 11 noun

the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube

Sense 12 noun

a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded

Sense 13 noun

structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage

Sense 14 noun

a shallow receptacle for collection in church

Sense 15 noun

a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)

Sense 16 noun

a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth