plate, n.
(plates)
freq. cnt. 17
(plates)
freq. cnt. 17
(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2
home home base home plate plate
sample sentences
"he ruled that the runner failed to touch home"
a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4
plate
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derivationally related form
dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
plate
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a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
plate
the quantity contained in a plate
<noun.quantity> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
plate plateful
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a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
dental plate denture plate
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derivationally related form
a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
<noun.artifact>
plate scale shell
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a shallow receptacle for collection in church
<noun.artifact>
collection plate plate
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structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
<noun.artifact>
plate
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part holonym
hyponym
a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
<noun.artifact>
photographic plate plate
the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
<noun.artifact>
plate
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part holonym
any flat platelike body structure or part
<noun.body>
plate
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a main course served on a plate
<noun.food>
plate
sample sentences
"a vegetable plate""the blue plate special"
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the thin under portion of the forequarter
<noun.food>
plate
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a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
<noun.object>
crustal plate plate
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