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plate
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- pronunciation:
- pleIt
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
A plate is a flat dish used to hold food. There are plates of many sizes for serving and eating food.
Liam filled his plate with meat and potatoes.Carla stacked the dirty plates on top of each other and placed them in the sink.
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| definition 2: |
A plate is a thin sheet of a hard material. A plate can be of a natural material or it can be man-made.
An armadillo's body is covered with small plates.Steel plates are used to protect the outside of the ship.- similar words:
- sheet
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| definition 3: |
A plate is a drawing or picture in a book that usually covers a whole page.
The book about plants has beautiful plates done by an artist. |
| definition 4: |
"Plate" is short for "tectonic plate." A tectonic plate is one of the parts of the outer layer of planet Earth. Tectonic plates cover the whole planet and make up both the land that humans and animals live on and the land under the oceans. Tectonic plates move very, very slowly and they touch each other as they move. Sometimes this contact between the tectonic plates causes things like volcanoes, earthquakes, and the building up of mountains.
Contact between the two plates under the sea caused the volcano on the island. |
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"Plate" is short for "license plate." A license plate is a small metal sign on a car, truck, or other vehicle that usually has both numbers and letters. The license plate shows that it is legal to drive the vehicle on public roads.
The car in front of us was so dirty that you couldn't read the numbers on its plates.
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| related words: |
chart, dish, illustration |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
plates, plating, plated |
| definition: |
When you plate something, you cover it with a thin layer of gold, silver, or some other metal.
This ring is not made of solid gold. It was made out of nickel and then plated with a layer of gold. |
| derivation: |
platelike (adj.) |
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