1. (noun) home plate, home base, home, plate
(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
Synonyms: dental plate, domicile, rest home, home office, central office, dwelling, home base, place, plateful, menage, dwelling house, base, scale, home, main office, crustal plate, home plate, family, nursing home, house, habitation, headquarters, photographic plate, denture, household, shell, abode, plate, collection plate
2. (noun) plate
a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
Synonyms: scale, plateful, collection plate, photographic plate, home, dental plate, home plate, denture, shell, crustal plate, home base
3. (noun) plate
a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
Synonyms: scale, plateful, collection plate, photographic plate, home, dental plate, home plate, denture, shell, crustal plate, home base
4. (noun) plate
dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
Synonyms: scale, plateful, collection plate, photographic plate, home, dental plate, home plate, denture, shell, crustal plate, home base
5. (noun) plate, plateful
the quantity contained in a plate
Synonyms: scale, plateful, collection plate, photographic plate, home, dental plate, home plate, denture, shell, crustal plate, home base, plate
6. (noun) plate, crustal plate
a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
Synonyms: scale, plateful, collection plate, photographic plate, home, dental plate, home plate, denture, shell, crustal plate, home base, plate
7. (noun) plate
the thin under portion of the forequarter
Synonyms: scale, plateful, collection plate, photographic plate, home, dental plate, home plate, denture, shell, crustal plate, home base
8. (noun) plate
a main course served on a plate
Synonyms: scale, plateful, collection plate, photographic plate, home, dental plate, home plate, denture, shell, crustal plate, home base
9. (noun) plate
any flat platelike body structure or part
Synonyms: scale, plateful, collection plate, photographic plate, home, dental plate, home plate, denture, shell, crustal plate, home base
10. (noun) plate
the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
Synonyms: scale, plateful, collection plate, photographic plate, home, dental plate, home plate, denture, shell, crustal plate, home base
11. (noun) plate, photographic plate
a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
Synonyms: scale, plateful, collection plate, photographic plate, home, dental plate, home plate, denture, shell, crustal plate, home base, plate
12. (noun) plate
structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
Synonyms: scale, plateful, collection plate, photographic plate, home, dental plate, home plate, denture, shell, crustal plate, home base
13. (noun) plate, collection plate
a shallow receptacle for collection in church
Synonyms: scale, plateful, collection plate, photographic plate, home, dental plate, home plate, denture, shell, crustal plate, home base, plate
14. (noun) plate, scale, shell
a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
Synonyms: scale leaf, scurf, cuticle, ordered series, exfoliation, graduated table, weighing machine, home base, case, racing shell, plateful, carapace, scale of measurement, dental plate, home, crustal plate, home plate, shield, musical scale, eggshell, denture, scale, casing, shell, photographic plate, plate, collection plate
15. (verb) denture, dental plate, plate
a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
Synonyms: shell, scale, plateful, collection plate, photographic plate, home, home plate, denture, dental plate, crustal plate, home base, plate
16. (verb) plate
coat with a layer of metal
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