Main entry: plate, dental plate, denture
Definition: a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
Main entry: home, home base, home plate, plate
Definition: (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
Usage: he ruled that the runner failed to touch home
Main entry: plate
Definition: dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
Main entry: plate, scale, shell
Definition: a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
Main entry: plate
Definition: a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
Main entry: plate, collection plate
Definition: a shallow receptacle for collection in church
Main entry: plate
Definition: structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
Main entry: plate
Definition: a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
Main entry: photographic plate, plate
Definition: a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
Main entry: plate
Definition: the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
Main entry: plate
Definition: any flat platelike body structure or part
Main entry: plate
Definition: a main course served on a plate
Usage: a vegetable plate; the blue plate special
Main entry: plate
Definition: the thin under portion of the forequarter
Main entry: plate, crustal plate
Definition: a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
Definition: the quantity contained in a plate
Main entry: plate
Definition: coat with a layer of metal
Usage: plate spoons with silver