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Noun
Definition: (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"
Definition: a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
Definition: a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
Definition: dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
Definition: the thin under portion of the forequarter
Definition: a main course served on a plate; "a vegetable plate"; "the blue plate special"
Definition: any flat platelike body structure or part
Definition: the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
Definition: a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
Definition: structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
Definition: a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
Definition: A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten.
Definition: Precious metal, especially silver.
Verb
Definition: coat with a layer of metal; "plate spoons with silver"
Definition: To cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material, usually a metal.