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Noun | 1. | ![]() baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" |
2. | ![]() baffle, baffle board - a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy cylinder head - a detachable plate that covers the closed end of a cylinder chamber in a reciprocating engine or pump damper - a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace engraving - a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved escutcheon - (nautical) a plate on a ship's stern on which the name is inscribed fin keel - a metal plate projecting from the keel of a shallow vessel to give it greater lateral stability fishplate - metal plate bolted along sides of two rails or beams storage-battery grid, grid - a perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material gusset plate, gusset - a metal plate used to strengthen a joist lamella - thin plate license plate, numberplate - a plate mounted on the front and back of car and bearing the car's registration number L-plate - a square plate bearing the letter L that is attached to both ends of a car to indicate that the driver is a learner nameplate - a plate bearing a name plate iron - a plate of iron platen - the flat plate of a printing press that presses the paper against the type plessimeter, pleximeter - a small thin metal plate held against the body and struck with a plexor in percussive examinations flat solid, sheet - a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width tap - a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing) | |
3. | plate - a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper) fashion plate - a plate illustrating the latest fashion in dress illustration - a visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand | |
4. | plate - dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten dessert plate - a small plate on which dessert can be served dinner plate - a plate from which a diner eats during the main course of a meal flatware - tableware that is relatively flat and fashioned as a single piece paper plate - a disposable plate made of cardboard salad bowl, salad plate - a plate or bowl for individual servings of salad soup plate - a deep plate with a wide rim steel plate - a plate of steel | |
5. | ![]() containerful - the quantity that a container will hold | |
6. | plate - a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly crust, Earth's crust - the outer layer of the Earth | |
7. | plate - the thin under portion of the forequarter cut of beef - cut of meat from beef cattle | |
8. | plate - a main course served on a plate; "a vegetable plate"; "the blue plate special" entree, main course - the principal dish of a meal | |
9. | plate - any flat platelike body structure or part operculum - a hard flap serving as a cover for (a) the gill slits in fishes or (b) the opening of the shell in certain gastropods when the body is retracted comb - ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing; "he has good bone structure" frill - (paleontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs lamina - a thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral) | |
10. | plate - the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube anode - a positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device electron tube, thermionic tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic valve, vacuum tube, tube - electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope | |
11. | ![]() quarter plate - a photographic plate measuring 3.25 inches by 4.25 inches flat solid, sheet - a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width | |
12. | plate - structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage structural member - support that is a constituent part of any structure or building structure, construction - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" wall plate - plate (a timber along the top of a wall) to support the ends of joists, etc., and distribute the load | |
13. | ![]() receptacle - a container that is used to put or keep things in | |
14. | plate - a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) armor plate, armor plating, armour plate, plate armor, plate armour - specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire shell plating - the plates covering the frame of a steel ship and corresponding to the planking of a wooden ship shield - a protective covering or structure | |
15. | ![]() bridgework, bridge - a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth dental appliance - a device to repair teeth or replace missing teeth false teeth - a removable denture partial denture - a denture replacing one or more teeth in a dental arch | |
Verb | 1. | plate - coat with a layer of metal; "plate spoons with silver" tin - prepare (a metal) for soldering or brazing by applying a thin layer of solder to the surface coat, surface - put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface; "coat the cake with chocolate" tin - plate with tin silver - coat with a layer of silver or a silver amalgam; "silver the necklace" nickel - plate with nickel; "nickel the plate" electroplate - coat with metal by electrolysis; "electroplate the watch" chrome, chromium-plate - plate with chromium; "chrome bathroom fixtures" silverplate, silver-plate - plate with silver; "silverplate a watch" |