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

1. plate -- (coat with a layer of metal; "plate spoons with silver").

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