Word: plate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English plate, from Old French plate, from Medieval Latin plata, from Vulgar Latin *plat(t)us, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “broad, flat, wide”). Compare Spanish plato. (foot): Cockney rhyming slang, from "plates of meat" for "feet". Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪ̯t/, [ˈpʰl̥eɪ̯t], /ˈplæ̝ɪ̯t/ 1. A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I filled my plate from the bountiful table. 2. Such dishes collectively. Labels: uncountable Example: A valuable collection of silver plate was donated to the museum. 3. The contents of such a dish. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I ate a plate of beans. 4. A course at a meal. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The meat plate was particularly tasty. 5. An agenda of tasks, problems, or responsibilities Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: With revenues down and transfer payments up, the legislature has a full plate. 6. A flat object of uniform thickness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The most important and most expensive part of any solar cell is a silicon plate. 7. Vehicle license plates, registration plates. Labels: Australia, countable, especially, metonymically, plural, plural-only, uncountable Example: He stole a car and changed the plates as soon as he could. 8. A taxi permit, especially of a metal disc. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. Plate armor. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: He was confronted by two knights in full plate. Example: 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. 10. A layer of a material on the surface of something, usually qualified by the type of the material; plating Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The bullets just bounced off the steel plate on its hull. 11. A material covered with such a layer. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If you're not careful, someone will sell you silverware that's really only silver plate. 12. An ornamental or food service item coated with silver or gold or otherwise decorated. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: The tea was served in the plate. Example: 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. 13. A weighted disk, usually of metal, with a hole in the center for use with a barbell, dumbbell, or exercise machine. Labels: countable, uncountable 14. An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We finished making the plates this morning. Example: "Do you really mean me to go on with plates for all the high values up to the thousand pound printing?" 15. An image or copy. Labels: countable, uncountable 16. An illustration in a book, either black and white, or colour, usually on a page of paper of different quality from the text pages. Labels: countable, uncountable 17. A shaped and fitted surface, usually ceramic or metal that fits into the mouth and in which teeth are implanted; a dental plate. Labels: countable, uncountable 18. A horizontal framing member at the top or bottom of a group of vertical studs. Labels: countable, uncountable 19. A person's foot. Labels: Cockney, countable, slang, uncountable Example: Sit down and give your plates a rest. 20. Home plate. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There was a close play at the plate. 21. A tectonic plate. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Our planet's crust is split into eight major plates and many minor plates. 22. Any of various larger scales found in some reptiles. Labels: countable, uncountable 23. A flat electrode such as can be found in an accumulator battery, or in an electrolysis tank. Labels: countable, uncountable 24. The anode of a vacuum tube. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Regulating the oscillator plate voltage greatly improves the keying. 25. A prize given to the winner in a contest. Labels: countable, uncountable 26. Any flat piece of material such as coated glass or plastic. Labels: countable, uncountable 27. A metallic card, used to imprint tickets with an airline's logo, name, and numeric code. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable 28. The ability of a travel agent to issue tickets on behalf of a particular airline. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable 29. A VIN plate, particularly with regard to the car's year of manufacture. Labels: Australia, countable, uncountable 30. One of the thin parts of the brisket of an animal. Labels: countable, uncountable 31. A very light steel horseshoe for racehorses. Labels: countable, uncountable 32. Skins for fur linings of garments, sewn together and roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted. Labels: countable, uncountable 33. The fine nap (as of beaver, musquash, etc.) on a hat whose body is made from inferior material. Labels: countable, uncountable 34. A record, usually vinyl. Labels: countable, uncountable 35. trauma plate. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The SAPI plate in his vest protected him from the bullet's impact. 36. Any of the potential romantic or sexual partners with whom a person keeps in touch as part of plate spinning. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: More plates means more dates! 37. A Lego piece that is thin, 1/3 the height of a brick, and has studs on top. Labels: countable, uncountable