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(verb) coat with a layer of metal |
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Related Words: chrome, chromium-plate, coat, electroplate, goldplate, nickel, silver, silverplate, surface |
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(noun) on which food is served or from which food is eaten |
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Related Words: dessert plate, dinner plate, dish, salad bowl, salad plate, soup plate, steel plate |
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(noun) a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) |
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Synonyms: scale, shell |
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Related Words: U-shaped plate, armor plate, armor plating, armour plate, horseshoe, plate armor, plate armour, shell plating, shield, shoe |
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(noun) a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic |
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Related Words: L-plate, baffle, baffle board, cylinder head, damper, disc, disk, engraving, escutcheon, fishplate, flat solid, gusset, gusset plate, lamella, license plate, nameplate, numberplate, plate iron, platen, sheet, slide, tap |
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(noun) a shallow receptacle for collection in church |
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Synonyms: collection plate |
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Related Words: receptacle |
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(noun) a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage |
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Related Words: structural member, wall plate |
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(noun) a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper) |
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Related Words: fashion plate, illustration |
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(noun) a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded |
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Synonyms: photographic plate |
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Related Words: flat solid, quarter plate, sheet |
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(noun) any flat platelike body structure or part |
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Related Words: anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, comb, complex body part, operculum, structure |
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(noun) a main course served on a plate: "a vegetable plate"; "the blue plate special" |
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Related Words: entree, main course |
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(noun) the thin under portion of the forequarter |
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Related Words: cut of beef |
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(noun) a rigid layer of the lithosphere that is believed to drift slowly |
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Related Words: geosphere, lithosphere |
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(noun) the quantity contained in a plate |
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Synonyms: plateful |
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Related Words: containerful |
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(noun) the position on a baseball team of the player who is stationed behind home plate and who catches the balls that the pitcher throws; "a catcher needs a lot of protective equipment"; "he plays behind the plate" |
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Synonyms: catcher |
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Related Words: position |
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(noun) (baseball) a rubber slab that must be touched by a base runner in order to score; "he ruled that the runner failed to touch home" |
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Synonyms: home, home plate |
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Related Words: bag, base |
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