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plate
A	noun
	1	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"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚role ╚position ╚catcher, plate
	2	denture, dental plate, plate
			a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚instrumentality; instrumentation ╚device ╚dental appliance ╚denture, dental plate, plate ╚partial denture ╚false teeth ╚bridge; bridgework
	3	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"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚instrumentality; instrumentation ╚equipment ╚sports equipment; sporting goods ╚baseball equipment ╚base; bag ╚home plate, home base, home, plate
	4	plate
			dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚article ╚ware ╚tableware ╚flatware ╚plate ╚steel plate ╚soup plate ╚salad plate; salad bowl ╚paper plate ╚dinner plate ╚dessert plate
	5	plate, scale, shell
			a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚covering ╚protective covering; protective cover; protection ╚shield ╚plate, scale, shell ╚shell plating ╚horseshoe; shoe ╚armor plate; armour plate; armor plating; plate armor; plate armour
	6	plate
			a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚sheet; flat solid ╚plate ╚L-plate ╚license plate; numberplate ╚lamella ╚gusset; gusset plate ╚fishplate ╚fin keel ╚escutcheon ╚engraving ╚disk; disc ╚damper ╚cylinder head ╚baffle; baffle board
	7	plate, collection plate
			a shallow receptacle for collection in church
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚instrumentality; instrumentation ╚container ╚receptacle ╚plate, collection plate
	8	plate
			structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚instrumentality; instrumentation ╚device ╚support ╚structural member ╚plate ╚wall plate
	9	plate
			a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚creation ╚representation ╚illustration ╚plate ╚fashion plate
	10	plate, photographic plate
			a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚sheet; flat solid ╚plate, photographic plate ╚quarter plate
	11	plate
			the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚instrumentality; instrumentation ╚device ╚conductor ╚electrode ╚anode ╚plate
	12	plate
			any flat platelike body structure or part
		Category Tree: entity ╚thing ╚part; piece ╚body part ╚structure; anatomical structure; complex body part; bodily structure; body structure ╚plate ╚lamina ╚comb ╚operculum
	13	plate
			a main course served on a plate; "a vegetable plate"; "the blue plate special"
		Category Tree: entity ╚substance; matter ╚food; nutrient ╚nutriment; nourishment; nutrition; sustenance; aliment; alimentation; victuals ╚course ╚entree; main course ╚plate
	14	plate
			the thin under portion of the forequarter
		Category Tree: entity ╚substance; matter ╚solid ╚food ╚meat ╚cut; cut of meat ╚cut of beef ╚plate
	15	plate, crustal plate
			a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
		Category Tree: entity ╚location ╚region; part ╚layer ╚crust; Earth's crust ╚plate, crustal plate
	16	plate, plateful
			the quantity contained in a plate
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚measure; quantity; amount ╚indefinite quantity ╚containerful ╚plate, plateful
B	verb
	1	plate
			coat with a layer of metal; "plate spoons with silver"
		Category Tree: cover ╚coat; surface ╚plate ╚silverplate; silver-plate ╚goldplate; gold-plate; gold plate ╚chrome; chromium-plate ╚electroplate ╚nickel ╚silver ╚tin ╚tin

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to the side of your plate
home plate / the home plate
someone who couldn't even break a plate
"blue plate" in a restaurant
straight lines lobbed right over the plate
(Be) Five buck short in the collection plate
number plate, license plate and registration number
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