Sekirov Dictionary

plate

/ˈpleɪ̯t/

noun40

  1. a round, almost flat dish that food is served on or eaten from
  2. The contents of such a dish.
  3. A course at a meal.
  4. A flat object of uniform thickness.
  5. A weighted disk, usually of metal, with a hole in the center for use with a barbell, dumbbell, or exercise machine.
  6. A flat electrode such as can be found in an accumulator battery, or in an electrolysis tank.
  7. The anode of a vacuum tube.
  8. Any flat piece of material such as coated glass or plastic.
  9. trauma plate.
  10. A Lego piece that is thin, 1/3 the height of a brick, and has studs on top.
  11. [plural only] Vehicle license plates, registration plates.
  12. (Australia) A VIN plate, particularly with regard to the car's year of manufacture.
  13. A tectonic plate.
  14. (figurative) An agenda of tasks, problems, or responsibilities
  15. Home plate.
  16. A layer of a material on the surface of something, usually qualified by the type of the material; plating
  17. An image or copy.
  18. An illustration in a book, either black and white, or colour, usually on a page of paper of different quality from the text pages.
  19. A material covered with such a layer.
  20. (old-fashioned) An ornamental or food service item coated with silver or gold or otherwise decorated.
  21. Such dishes collectively.
  22. Precious metal, especially silver.
  23. (historical) Plate armor.
  24. A shaped and fitted surface, usually ceramic or metal that fits into the mouth and in which teeth are implanted; a dental plate.
  25. An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper.
  26. Any of various larger scales found in some reptiles.
  27. A prize given to the winner in a contest.
  28. A record, usually vinyl.
  29. A horizontal framing member at the top or bottom of a group of vertical studs.
  30. A taxi permit, especially of a metal disc.
  31. (slang) A person's foot.
  32. (slang) Any of the potential romantic or sexual partners with whom a person keeps in touch as part of plate spinning.
  33. One of the thin parts of the brisket of an animal.
  34. A very light steel horseshoe for racehorses.
  35. (old-fashioned) A metallic card, used to imprint tickets with an airline's logo, name, and numeric code.
  36. The ability of a travel agent to issue tickets on behalf of a particular airline.
  37. A roundel of silver or argent.
  38. Skins for fur linings of garments, sewn together and roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted.
  39. The fine nap (as of beaver, musquash, etc.) on a hat whose body is made from inferior material.
  40. (no longer used) Silver or gold, in the form of a coin, or less often silver or gold utensils or dishes.

verb8

  1. To cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material, usually a metal.
  2. To arm or defend with metal plates.
  3. To place the various elements of a meal on the diner's plate prior to serving.
  4. To beat into thin plates.
  5. To score a run.
  6. To specify which airline a ticket will be issued on behalf of.
  7. To identify the printing plate used, particularly with early British stamps.
  8. To categorize stamps based on their position on the original sheet, in order to reconstruct an entire sheet.
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