plate
A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten.
Noun 4 meanings
A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten.
“I filled my plate from the bountiful table.”
Such dishes collectively.
“A valuable collection of silver plate was donated to the museum.”
The contents of such a dish.
“I ate a plate of beans.”
A course at a meal.
“The meat plate was particularly tasty.”
Verb 4 meanings
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.”
To place the various elements of a meal on the diner's plate prior to serving.
“After preparation, the chef will plate the dish.”
To score a run.
“The single plated the runner from second base.”
To arm or defend with metal plates.
Etymology
From Middle English plate, from Old French plate, from Medieval Latin plata, from Vulgar Latin *plat(t)us, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “broad, flat, wide”). Compare Spanish plato. (foot): Cockney rhyming slang, from "plates of meat" for "feet".
PLATE at a glance
PLATE has 5 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (P 3 + L 1 + A 1 + T 1 + E 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,692 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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