plate

  • 21plate — arrow·plate; Au·to·plate; back·plate; col·or·plate; con·tem·plate; fish·plate; omo·plate; plate; plate·ful; plate·less; plate·let; plate·man; re·plate; sub·plate; vam·plate; in·tra·plate; micro·plate; pho·to·plate; elec·tro·plate; tem·plate; …

    English syllables

  • 22plate — plate1 [ pleıt ] noun *** ▸ 1 flat round dish ▸ 2 metal/bone/etc. cover ▸ 3 for showing information ▸ 4 thin silver/gold layer ▸ 5 (for printing) in book ▸ 6 for teeth ▸ 7 part of Earth s surface ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count a flat round dish that you… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 23plate — I UK [pleɪt] / US noun Word forms plate : singular plate plural plates *** 1) [countable] a flat round dish that you put food on Rinse the plates before putting them in the dishwasher. paper plates a) plate or plateful the amount of food that a… …

    English dictionary

  • 24plate — I. /pleɪt / (say playt) noun 1. a shallow, usually circular dish, now usually of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten. 2. a service of food for one person at the table. 3. an entire course: a cold plate. 4. a plate of sandwiches,… …

  • 25plate — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from plate, feminine of plat flat, from Vulgar Latin *plattus, probably from Greek platys broad, flat more at place Date: 14th century 1. a. a smooth flat thin piece of material b. (1) forged …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 26plate — 1 /pleIt/ noun 1 FOOD a) (C) a flat and usually round dish that you eat from or serve food from: The plates were piled high with rice. | a dinner plate | clear/empty your plate (=eat everything on your plate) b) also plateful (C) the amount of… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 27PLATE — GERMANY (see also List of Individuals) 5.9.1883 Bremen Walle/D 3.9.1967 Bremen/D Ludwig Plate initiated studies in 1903 at Strasburg University to graduate as a civil engineer from the University of Hannover in 1908. He accepted then a position… …

    Hydraulicians in Europe 1800-2000

  • 28plate — plate1 plateless, adj. platelike, adj. /playt/, n., v., plated, plating. n. 1. a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten. 2. the contents of such a dish; plateful. 3. an entire course of a meal… …

    Universalium

  • 29plate — Synonyms and related words: Chateaubriand, alveolar ridge, anodized aluminum, antepast, armor, backing, bibliofilm, billhead, bipack, black and white film, blade roast, book stamp, bookplate, brand, breast, bridgework, brisket, broad arrow,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 30plate — n. dish 1) a cake; dinner; salad; soup plate denture 2) a dental; lower; upper plate tag 3) a license (AE), number (BE) plate thin layer 4) armor; silver plate container passed around for donations of money 5) to pass the plate 6) a collection… …

    Combinatory dictionary