…a flat dish, typically circular and made of china, from which food is eaten or served…
…a sign bearing the letter L, attached to the front and rear of a motor vehicle to indicate that it is being driven by a learner…
…a glass plate coated with a light-sensitive gelatin-based emulsion, used formerly as an improvement on the earlier wet plate…
…a flattened piece at or forming the end of something such as a motor or generator…
…a flat heated surface (or a set of these), typically portable, used for cooking food or keeping it hot…
…a shallow metal or glass dish with sloping sides in which pies are baked…
…a sensitized collodion plate exposed in the camera while the collodion is moist…
…(of a restaurant meal) consisting of a full main course ordered as a single menu item…
…a thin layer of gold, electroplated or otherwise applied as a coating to another metal…
…the five-sided flat white rubber base next to which the batter stands and over which the pitcher must throw the ball for a strike. A runner must touch home plate after having reached all the other bases to score a run…
…a metal plate at the base of a door or panel to protect it from damage or wear…
…protective armor of metal plates, especially as worn in medieval times by mounted knights…
…thick fine-quality glass, typically used for doors and store windows and originally cast in plates…
…a wide estuary on the Atlantic coast of South America at the border between Argentina and Uruguay that is formed by the confluence of the Paraná and Uruguay rivers. The cities of Buenos Aires and Montevideo lie on its shores. In 1939, it was the scene of a naval battle in which the British defeated the Germans…
…a plate smaller than a dinner plate, used for bread or other accompaniments to a meal…
…an area of relatively large pores present in the common end walls of sieve tube elements…
…an inclined disk revolving on an axle and giving reciprocating motion to a part in contact with it…
…a piece of lumber laid horizontally in or on a wall as a support for a girder, rafter, or joist…
…a plate of glass marked out into concentric zones or rings alternately transparent and opaque, used like a lens to bring light to a focus…
…a diamond-shaped design that is stamped into metal to give it industrial strength…
…a sign affixed to a vehicle displaying a series of letters or numbers indicating that the vehicle has been registered with the state…
…a serial number in the margin of a plate from which postage stamps are printed…
…a thin layer of silver electroplated or otherwise applied as a coating to another metal…
…a metal plate attached to a doorjamb or lidded container, against which the end of a spring-lock bolt strikes when the door or lid is closed…
…a vehicle license plate bearing a distinctive or personalized combination of letters, numbers, or both…
…a plate that covers an opening in a device or a wall to protect it from moisture or dust…
…a theory explaining the structure of the earth’s crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates that move slowly over the underlying mantle…
…copper plated with silver by rolling and edging with silver film and ribbon, especially as produced in Sheffield, England, between 1760 and 1840…
…a player’s turn at the plate, the total of which for any player includes all official at bats plus appearances that resulted in a walk, sacrifice, etc.…
…an acetate recording disk, typically one featuring a dub version of a reggae song that is not yet on general release…
…a plate on the door of a house or room that gives information about the occupant…
…an enlarged end or attachment on the end of the mandrel on a lathe, with slots and holes on which work can be mounted…
