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Webster 1913 Edition

Plate

Plate

,
Noun.
[OF.
plate
a plate of metal, a cuirsas, F.
plat
a plate, a shallow vessel of silver, other metal, or earth, fr.
plat
flat, Gr. [GREEK]. See
Place
,
Noun.
]
1.
A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in comparison with the other dimensions; a thick sheet of metal;
as, a steel
plate
.
2.
Metallic armor composed of broad pieces.
Mangled . . . through
plate
and mail.
Milton.
3.
Domestic vessels and utensils, as flagons, dishes, cups, etc., wrought in gold or silver.
4.
Metallic ware which is plated, in distinction from that which is silver or gold throughout.
5.
A small, shallow, and usually circular, vessel of metal or wood, or of earth glazed and baked, from which food is eaten at table.
6.
[Cf. Sp.
plata
silver.]
A piece of money, usually silver money.
[Obs.]
“Realms and islands were as plates dropp’d from his pocket.”
Shak.
7.
A piece of metal on which anything is engraved for the purpose of being printed; hence, an impression from the engraved metal;
as, a book illustrated with
plates
; a fashion
plate
.
8.
A page of stereotype, electrotype, or the like, for printing from;
as, publisher's
plates
.
9.
That part of an artificial set of teeth which fits to the mouth, and holds the teeth in place. It may be of gold, platinum, silver, rubber, celluloid, etc.
10.
(Arch.)
A horizontal timber laid upon a wall, or upon corbels projecting from a wall, and supporting the ends of other timbers; also used specifically of the roof plate which supports the ends of the roof trusses or, in simple work, the feet of the rafters.
11.
(Her.)
A roundel of silver or tinctured argent.
12.
(Photog.)
A sheet of glass, porcelain, metal, etc., with a coating that is sensitive to light.
13.
A prize giving to the winner in a contest.
☞ Plate is sometimes used in an adjectival sense or in combination, the phrase or compound being in most cases of obvious signification; as, plate basket or plate-basket, plate rack or plate-rack.
Home plate
.
(Baseball)
See
Home base
, under
Home
.
–
Plate armor
.
(a)
See
Plate
,
Noun.
, 2.
(b)
Strong metal plates for protecting war vessels, fortifications, and the like.
–
Plate bone
,
the shoulder blade, or scapula.
–
Plate girder
,
a girder, the web of which is formed of a single vertical plate, or of a series of such plates riveted together.
–
Plate glass
.
See under
Glass
.
–
Plate iron
,
wrought iron plates.
–
Plate layer
,
a workman who lays down the rails of a railway and fixes them to the sleepers or ties.
–
Plate mark
,
a special mark or emblematic figure stamped upon gold or silver plate, to indicate the place of manufacture, the degree of purity, and the like; thus, the local mark for London is a lion.
–
Plate paper
,
a heavy spongy paper, for printing from engraved plates.
Fairholt.
–
Plate press
,
a press with a flat carriage and a roller, – used for printing from engraved steel or copper plates.
–
Plate printer
,
one who prints from engraved plates.
–
Plate printing
,
the act or process of printing from an engraved plate or plates.
–
Plate tracery
.
(Arch.)
See under
Tracery
.
–
Plate wheel
(Mech.)
,
a wheel, the rim and hub of which are connected by a continuous plate of metal, instead of by arms or spokes.

Plate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Plated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Plating
.]
1.
To cover or overlay with gold, silver, or other metals, either by a mechanical process, as hammering, or by a chemical process, as electrotyping.
2.
To cover or overlay with plates of metal; to arm with metal for defense.
Thus
plated
in habiliments of war.
Shakespeare
3.
To adorn with plated metal;
as, a
plated
harness
.
4.
To beat into thin, flat pieces, or laminæ.
5.
To calender;
as, to
plate
paper
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Plate

PLATE

,
Noun.
[L. Latus, with the radical sense of laid, spread.]
1.
A piece of metal, flat or extended in breadth.
2.
Armor of plate, composed of broad pieces, and thus distinguished from mail.
3.
A piece of wrought silver, as a dish or other shallow vessel; hence, vessels of silver; wrought silver in general. Plate, by the laws of some states, is subject to a tax by the ounce.
4.
A small shallow vessel, made of silver or other metal, or of earth glazed and baked, from which provisions are eaten at table. A wooden plate is called a trencher.
5.
The prize given for the best horse in a race.
6.
In architecture, the piece of timber which supports the ends of the rafters. [See Platform.]

PLATE

,
Verb.
T.
To cover or overlay with plate or with metal; used particularly of silver; as plated vessels.
1.
To arm with plate or metal for defense; as, to plate sin with gold.
Why plated in habiliments of war?
2.
To adorn with place; as a plated harness.
3.
To beat into thin flat pieces or lamens.

Definition 2024

Plate

Plate

See also: plate and platé

English

Proper noun

Plate

  1. The River Plate.
    • 1832, The Edinburgh Encyclopædia conducted by David Brewster, volume 17, page 288:
      […] ; but the tributary waters of the Plate issuing from the eastern and western plateaus, flow towards each other, unite in the heart of the continent, and continue over the central plain to the Atlantic.
    • 1947, Betty de Sherbinin, The River Plate republics, page 221:
      To the southwest 235 miles of Uruguay's coast meet the muddy waters of the Plate. The tide plays tricks with the sediment-laden discharge of the great river and drives it back onto the coast, […]
    • 2002, Andrew Graham-Yooll, Imperial Skirmishes: War and Gunboat Diplomacy in Latin America, page 6:
      A series of lucky shots from the small fort at Colonia had set fire to the Lord Clive, which was unable to manoeuvre in the shallow waters of the Plate. It did not stop burning till the flames reached the water line.
    • 2004, Dudley Pope, The Battle Of The River Plate: The Hunt For The German Pocket Battleship Graf Spree, page 184: translating a telegram sent in 1939 to the German Foreign Office:
      It would be preferable in view of the shortage of ammunition to blow her up in the shallow waters of the Plate and to have the crew interned.

plate

plate

See also: Plate and platé

English

A china plate.
Plate = anode.

Noun

plate ‎(plural plates)

  1. A flat dish from which food is served or eaten.
    I filled my plate from the bountiful table.
  2. (uncountable) Such dishes collectively.
  3. The contents of such a dish.
    I ate a plate of beans.
  4. A course at a meal.
    The meat plate was particularly tasty.
  5. (figuratively) An agenda of tasks, problems, or responsibilities
    With revenues down and transfer payments up, the legislature has a full plate.
  6. A flat metallic object of uniform thickness.
    A clutch usually has two plates.
  7. A vehicle license plate.
    He stole a car and changed the plates as soon as he could.
  8. A layer of a material on the surface of something, usually qualified by the type of the material; plating
    The bullets just bounced off the steel plate on its hull.
  9. A material covered with such a layer.
    If you're not careful, someone will sell you silverware that's really only silver plate.
  10. (dated) A decorative or food service item coated with silver.
    The tea was served in the plate.
  11. (weightlifting) A weighted disk, usually of metal, with a hole in the center for use with a barbell, dumbbell, or exercise machine.
  12. (printing) An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper.
    We finished making the plates this morning.
  13. (printing, photography) An image or copy.
  14. (printing, publishing) An illustration in a book, either black and white, or colour, usually on a page of paper of different quality from the text pages.
  15. (dentistry) A shaped and fitted surface, usually ceramic or metal that fits into the mouth and in which teeth are implanted; a dental plate.
  16. (construction) A horizontal framing member at the top or bottom of a group of vertical studs.
  17. (Cockney rhyming slang) A foot, from "plates of meat".
    Sit down and give your plates a rest.
  18. (baseball) Home plate.
    There was a close play at the plate.
  19. (geology) A tectonic plate.
  20. (historical) Plate armour.
    He was confronted by two knights in full plate.
    • Milton
      mangled […] through plate and mail
  21. (herpetology) Any of various larger scales found in some reptiles.
  22. (engineering, electricity) A flat electrode such as can be found in an accumulator battery, or in an electrolysis tank.
  23. (engineering, electricity) The anode of a vacuum tube.
    Regulating the oscillator plate voltage greatly improves the keying.
  24. (obsolete) A coin, usually a silver coin.
    • Shakespeare
      Realms and islands were as plates dropp'd from his pocket.
  25. (heraldic charge) A roundel of silver or tinctured argent.
  26. A prize given to the winner in a contest.
  27. (chemistry) Any flat piece of material such as coated glass or plastic.
  28. (aviation, travel industry, dated) A metallic card, used to imprint tickets with an airline's logo, name, and numeric code.
  29. (aviation, travel industry, by extension) The ability of a travel agent to issue tickets on behalf of a particular airline.
  30. (Australia) A VIN plate, particularly with regard to the car's year of manufacture.
  31. One of the thin parts of the brisket of an animal.
  32. A very light steel horseshoe for racehorses.
  33. (furriers' slang) Skins for fur linings of garments, sewn together and roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted.
  34. (hat-making) The fine nap (as of beaver, musquash, etc.) on a hat whose body is made from inferior material.
  35. (music) A record, usually vinyl.
Derived terms
Translations
printing, publishing: full page illustration

Verb

plate ‎(third-person singular simple present plates, present participle plating, simple past and past participle plated)

  1. To cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material, usually a metal.
    This ring is plated with a thin layer of gold.
  2. To place the various elements of a meal on the diner's plate prior to serving.
    After preparation, the chef will plate the dish.
  3. To perform cunnilingus.
    He fingered her as he plated her with his tongue.
  4. (baseball) To score a run.
    The single plated the runner from second base.
  5. (aviation, travel industry) To specify which airline a ticket will be issued on behalf of.
    Tickets are normally plated on an itinerary's first international airline.
Translations
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Middle English, partly from Anglo-Norman plate ‎(“plate, bullion”) and partly from Latin plata ‎(“silver”), from Vulgar Latin *platta ‎(“metal plate”), from feminine of Latin plattus ‎(“flat”).

Noun

plate ‎(usually uncountable, plural plates)

  1. Precious metal, especially silver.
    • 1864, Andrew Forrester, The Female Detective:
      At every meal—and I have heard the meals at Petleighcote were neither abundant nor succulent—enough plate stood upon the table to pay for the feeding of the poor of the whole county for a month
    • 1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast
      At the northern extremity of this chill province the gold plate of the Groans, pranked across the shining black of the long table, smoulders as though it contains fire […]

Anagrams

French

Etymology 1

Adjective

plate

  1. feminine singular of plat

Noun

plate f ‎(plural plates)

  1. Very small flat boat.

Etymology 2

Adjective

plate m, f ‎(plural plates)

  1. (Canada, informal) Annoyingly boring.
    • 1999, Chrystine Brouillet, Les Fiancées de l'Enfer, ISBN 2-89021-363-3, page 204:
      "On va se mettre à ressembler aux gens qui racontent leur crisse de vie plate dans les émissions de télé débiles." — We're going to sound like those people who tell they frickin' boring lives on those idiotic tv shows.
  2. (Canada, informal) Troublesome.

Anagrams

Latvian

Noun

plate f (5th declension)

  1. plate
  2. table-leaf
  3. (music) record
  4. (music) disc
  5. (computing) board
  6. (computing) card
  7. (computing) printed circuit board
  8. (computing) circuit board

Declension

Synonyms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse plata, from Ancient Greek πλατύς ‎(platús, “broad, flat, wide”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /plaː.te/, [ˈplaː.tə]

Noun

plate f, m ‎(definite singular plata or platen, indefinite plural plater, definite plural platene)

  1. plate (thin, flat object)
  2. record (vinyl disc)

Synonyms

References

“plate” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse plata, from Ancient Greek πλατύς ‎(platús, “broad, flat, wide”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /plaː.te/, [ˈplaː.tə]

Noun

plate f ‎(definite singular plata, indefinite plural plater, definite plural platene)

  1. plate (thin, flat object)
  2. record (vinyl disc)

Synonyms

References

“plate” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Alternative forms

Noun

plate f ‎(oblique plural plates, nominative singular plate, nominative plural plates)

  1. a flat metal disk
  2. a flat plate of armor

Descendants

  • English: plate (borrowed)

References

  • (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (plate)

Scots

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /plet/, or sometimes IPA(key): /plɪt/ in the Borders

Noun

plate ‎(plural plates)

  1. bowl
    Can A hev a plate o soup?‎ ― Can I have a bowl of soup?

Etymology

See River Plate.

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