plate in WordNet English dictionary

1. a shallow receptacle for collection in church
   plate  collection plate 
   
2. a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
   plate  crustal plate 
   
3. a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
   denture  dental plate  plate 
   
4. (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"
   home plate  home base  home  plate 
   
5. a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
   plate  photographic plate 
   
6. dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
   plate 
   
7. a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
   plate  scale  shell 
   
8. a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
   plate 
   
9. structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
   plate 
   
10. a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
    plate 
    
11. the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
    plate 
    
12. any flat platelike body structure or part
    plate 
    
13. a main course served on a plate
    "a vegetable plate"; "the blue plate special"
    plate 
    
14. the thin under portion of the forequarter
    plate 
    
15. the quantity contained in a plate
    plate  plateful 
    

1. coat with a layer of metal
   "plate spoons with silver"
   plate