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plate
has definitions from the fields of baseball,sport,games,food,photography,zoology,chemistry,geology,physics,electronics,electricity,dentistry
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[ noun ] (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
Synonyms Examples "he ruled that the runner failed to touch home" Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)The Orioles once_again performed at the plate in powderpuff fashion , gathering only seven blows off the offerings of three Kansas_City pitchers . The Orioles got a run in the first inning when Breeding , along with Robinson , the two Birds who got a pair of hits , doubled to right center , moved to third on Russ_Snyder 's single to right and crossed on Kunkel 's wild_pitch into the dirt in_front of the plate . `` Take a ride on this one '' , Brooks_Robinson greeted Hansen as the Bird third_sacker grabbed a bat , headed for the plate and bounced a third inning two run double off the left centerfield wall tonight . |
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[ noun ] a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
Used in print (Bern Dibner, "Oerstad and the Discovery of Electro...)In February 1801 , Oersted did manage to experiment with physical apparatus and reported experiments made with a voltaic_battery of 600 plates of zinc and silver and of later experiments with a battery of 60 plates of zinc and lead . In February 1801 , Oersted did manage to experiment with physical apparatus and reported experiments made with a voltaic_battery of 600 plates of zinc and silver and of later experiments with a battery of 60 plates of zinc and lead . (1961 Research Highlights of the National Bureau of...)A small pressure unbalance displaces the diaphragm and changes the capacitance between the diaphragm and an electrically insulated plate spaced 0.001 in. apart ( for * * f ) . |
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[ noun ] (food) dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
Used in print (Christopher Davis, First Family....)He had eaten almost nothing on the crested , three sectioned plate and had drunk about half the milk in its paper container . (William Maxwell, The Chateau....)Since ordinary breakfast-table conversation was impossible , it was at_least something that they were able to offer Eugene the sugar_bowl with their sugar in it , and the plate of bread_and_butter , and that Eugene could return the pitcher of hot milk to them handle first . (Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)The enormous plates which had held Mr._Jack 's four fried_eggs and five strips of bacon were still stacked in the sink . Related terms dish flatware paper_plate salad_plate dinner_plate steel_plate soup_plate dessert_plate |
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[ noun ] a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
Used in print (Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)Whenever artists , indeed , turned_to actual representations or molded three-dimensional_figures , which were rare down to 800 B.C. , they tended to reflect reality ( see Plate 6a , 9b ) ; a schematic , abstract treatment of men and animals , by intent , rose only in the late eighth century . Wavy lines , feather like patterns , rosettes of indefinitely floral nature , birds either singly or in stylized rows , animals in solemn frieze bands ( see Plates 11 - 12 ) - all these turned_up in the more developed fabrics as preliminary signs that the potters were broadening their gaze . Plate 12 illustrates four examples , which are Ripe or Late_Geometric work of common spirit but of different schools . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the quantity contained in a plate
Synonyms Used in print (Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)The innocence that they tried to conceal at the beginning is clearly destroyed forever when one of them , asking for a piece of lemon-meringue_pie , gets a plate of English_muffins instead . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 23490
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[ noun ] (photography) a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
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[ noun ] (food) a main course served on a plate
Examples : "a vegetable plate" "the blue plate special" Related terms |
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[ noun ] a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
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[ noun ] (geology) a rigid layer of the lithosphere that is believed to drift slowly
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[ noun ] (chemistry,food) the thin under portion of the forequarter
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[ verb ] coat with a layer of metal
Examples "plate spoons with silver" Related terms coat tin silverplate nickel chrome goldplate silver tin electroplate plating |
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[ noun ] structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
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[ noun ] (dentistry) a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
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[ noun ] a shallow receptacle for collection in church
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[ noun ] (baseball,sport) the position on a baseball team of the player who is stationed behind home plate and who catches the balls that the pitcher throws
Synonyms Examples "a catcher needs a lot of protective equipment" "he plays behind the plate" Related terms |
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