# Plate

Plate may refer to:

## Cooking

* Plate (dishware), broad, mainly flat vessel commonly used to serve food
* Plates, tableware, dishes or dishware used for setting a table, serving food and dining
* Plate, the content of such a plate (for example: rice plate)
* Plate, to present food, on a plate
* Plate, forequarter cut of beef

## Places

* Plate, Germany,municipality in Parchim, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
* Plate, borough of Lüchow, Lower Saxony, Germany
* River Plate (disambiguation)
* Tourelle de la Plate, lighthouse in France

## Science and technology
### Biology and medicine

* Plate (anatomy), several meanings
* Dental plate, also known as dentures
* Dynamic compression plate, metallic plate used in orthopedics to fix bone
* Microtiter plate (or microplate or microwell plate), flat plate with multiple "wells" used as small test tubes
* Orthopedic plate, internal fixation used in orthopaedic surgery
* Petri dish or Petri plate, shallow dish on which biological cultures may be grown and/or viewed

### Geology

* Tectonic plate, pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle, together referred to as the lithosphere
** Plate tectonics, the study of the movement of such plates

### Physics

* Plate, physical approximation of a theoretical plate in separation processes
* Plate electrode, type of electrode used in vacuum tubes
* Plate (structure), concept used in continuum mechanics as part of the plate theory
* Plate trick, mathematical demonstration of quaternions and particle spins
* Wilhelmy plate, used to measure tension at an interface between air and a liquid or between two liquids

### Construction

* Anchor plate, large plate connected to a tie rod or bolt for structural reinforcement
* Sill plate, the bottom horizontal member of a wall or building to which vertical members are attached
* Wall plate, vertical component used in building construction

### Electronics

* Anodes, electrodes used in vacuum tubes (thermionic valves) and similar devices

### Printing and photography

* Photographic plate, medium from which a photograph may be developed
** Plate camera, early type of camera that used photographic plates
* Printing plate,printing medium:
** Plate, in Intaglio (printmaking), the direct opposite of a relief print
** Plate, in lithography, method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water
** Plate, a (part of a) "tipped-in page", separately-printed page in a book used to carry one or more images

### Transportation

* Approach plate, chart used by a pilot to perform an instrument approach and landing on a runway
* Plate B, Plate C, ... , Plate H, loading gauges used on North American railroads

## Metal plates

* Plate (metal), rectangular flat metal stock that is more than 6 mm or 0.25 in thick, not as thin as sheet metal
** Plate, element of a folding machine
** Plate armour, body armor made from metal plates
** Vehicle registration plate (license plate), sign attached to a vehicle in order to identify it
*** L-plate (learner plate), sign attached to a vehicle to indicate that the driver has a provisional driving license
* Plated, item with a deposition of metallic layers

## Sport

* Home plate, location on a baseball field
* Several trophies, e.g.,
** Annapolis Subscription Plate, in horse racing
** County Championship Plate, in rugby union
** Mandela Challenge Plate, in rugby union
* Weight plate, flat, heavy object, usually made of iron, used in strength training or weightlifting

## Other uses

* Plate (surname)
* Plate, in heraldry, Roundel argent (white/silver)