Noun
1. a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
2. (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"3. a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
4. dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
5. the quantity contained in a plate
6. a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
7. the thin under portion of the forequarter
8. a main course served on a plate;
"a vegetable plate""the blue plate special"9. any flat platelike body structure or part
10. the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
11. a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
12. structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
13. a shallow receptacle for collection in church
14. a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
15. a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
16. 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"