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plate | a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper) | |
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plate | any flat platelike body structure or part | |
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plate | a main course served on a plate | |
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plate, photographic plate | a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded | |
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plate | dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten | |
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plate | the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube | |
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plate, home, home plate, home base | [in baseball] base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score | |
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plate | the thin under portion of the forequarter | |
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plate, collection plate | a shallow receptacle for collection in church | |
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scale, shell, plate | a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) | |
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plate | a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic | |
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denture, dental plate, plate | a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth | |
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plate | coat with a layer of metal | |
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plate, crustal plate | a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly | |
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plate | structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage | |
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plate, plateful | the quantity contained in a plate |