- plate - a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
--1 is a kind of sheet, flat solid
--1 has particulars:Derived form: verb plate1 - 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; "he ruled that the runner failed to touch home"
--2 is a kind of base, bag
- plate - a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
--3 is a kind of illustration
--3 has particulars: fashion plate- plate - dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
--4 is a kind of flatware
--4 has particulars:dessert plate; dinner plate; paper plate; salad plate, salad bowl; soup plate; steel plate - plate, plateful - the quantity contained in a plate
--5 is a kind of containerful
- plate, crustal plate - a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
--6 is a kind of crust, Earth's crust
- plate - the thin under portion of the forequarter
--7 is a kind of cut of beef
- plate - a main course served on a plate; "a vegetable plate"; "the blue plate special"
--8 is a kind of entree, main course
- plate - any flat platelike body structure or part
--9 is a kind of structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
--9 has particulars: operculum; comb; lamina- plate - the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
--10 is a kind of anode
--10 is a part oftube, vacuum tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic tube, electron tube, thermionic valve - plate, photographic plate - a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
--11 is a kind of sheet, flat solid
--11 has particulars: quarter plate- plate - structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
--12 is a kind of structural member
--12 is a part of structure, construction
--12 has particulars: wall plate- plate, collection plate - a shallow receptacle for collection in church
--13 is a kind of receptacle
- plate, scale, shell - a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
--14 is a kind of shield
--14 has particulars:armor plate, armour plate, armor plating, plate armor, plate armour; horseshoe, shoe; shell plating - denture, dental plate, plate - a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
--15 is a kind of dental appliance
--15 has particulars: bridge, bridgework; false teeth; partial denture- catcher, plate - the position on a baseball team of the player who is stationed behind home plate and who catches the balls that the pitcher throws; "a catcher needs a lot of protective equipment"; "he plays behind the plate"
--16 is a kind of position
--16 is a member of baseball team - plate - dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten