Synonyms for plate

Synonyms for (noun) plate

Synonyms: plate, dental plate, denture

Definition: a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth

Similar words: dental appliance

Definition: a device to repair teeth or replace missing teeth


Synonyms: 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

Similar words: bag, base

Definition: a place that the runner must touch before scoring

Usage: he scrambled to get back to the bag


Synonyms: plate

Definition: dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten

Similar words: flatware

Definition: tableware that is relatively flat and fashioned as a single piece


Synonyms: plate, scale, shell

Definition: a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)

Similar words: shield

Definition: a protective covering or structure


Synonyms: plate

Definition: a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic

Similar words: sheet, flat solid

Definition: a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width


Synonyms: plate, collection plate

Definition: a shallow receptacle for collection in church

Similar words: receptacle

Definition: a container that is used to put or keep things in


Synonyms: plate

Definition: structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage

Similar words: structural member

Definition: support that is a constituent part of any structure or building


Synonyms: plate

Definition: a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)

Similar words: illustration

Definition: a visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand


Synonyms: photographic plate, plate

Definition: a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded

Similar words: sheet, flat solid

Definition: a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width


Synonyms: plate

Definition: the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube

Similar words: anode

Definition: a positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device


Synonyms: plate

Definition: any flat platelike body structure or part

Similar words: anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure

Definition: a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing

Usage: he has good bone structure


Synonyms: plate

Definition: a main course served on a plate

Usage: a vegetable plate; the blue plate special

Similar words: main course, entree

Definition: the principal dish of a meal


Synonyms: plate

Definition: the thin under portion of the forequarter

Similar words: cut of beef

Definition: cut of meat from beef cattle


Synonyms: plate, crustal plate

Definition: a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly

Similar words: crust, Earth's crust

Definition: the outer layer of the Earth


Synonyms: plate, plateful

Definition: the quantity contained in a plate

Similar words: containerful

Definition: the quantity that a container will hold


Synonyms for (verb) plate

Synonyms: plate

Definition: coat with a layer of metal

Usage: plate spoons with silver

Similar words: surface, coat

Definition: put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface

Usage: coat the cake with chocolate


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