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    [Noun]  | "plate" | \ ˈplāt \


    1: a smooth flat thin piece of material

    2: forged, rolled, or cast metal in sheets usually thicker than 1/4 inch (6 millimeters)

    3: a very thin layer of metal deposited on a surface of base metal by plating


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, from Anglo-French, from plate, feminine of plat flat, from Vulgar Latin *plattus, probably from Greek platys broad, flat {mat|place|};

    [Noun]  | "plate glass" 


    1: rolled, ground, and polished sheet glass


    Origin: 1728 ;

    [Noun]  | "plate rail" 


    1: a rail or narrow shelf along the upper part of a wall for holding plates or ornaments


    Origin: 1850 ;

    [Noun]  | "plate tectonics" 


    1: a theory in geology: the lithosphere of the earth is divided into a small number of plates which float on and travel independently over the mantle and much of the earth's seismic activity occurs at the boundaries of these plates

    2: the process and dynamics of tectonic plate movement; also : a similar process on a body other than earth


    Origin: 1969 ;

    [Noun]  | "agar plate" 


    1: a usually sterile petri dish filled with a prepared solid growth medium of agar mixed with nutrients


    Origin: 1887 ;

    [Noun]  | "bite plate" 


    1: a removable usually plastic dental appliance used in orthodontics and prosthodontics: such as

    2: a device worn in the upper or lower jaw and used especially to reposition the jaw or prevent bruxism

    3: retainer


    Origin: 1905 ;

    [Noun]  | "cell plate" 


    1: a disk formed in the phragmoplast of a dividing plant cell that eventually forms the middle lamella of the wall between the daughter cells


    Origin: 1872 ;

    [Noun]  | "end plate" 


    1: a complex terminal treelike branching of the axon of a motor neuron that contacts with a muscle fiber


    Origin: 1878 ;

    [Verb]  | "plate" 


    1: to cover or equip with plate: such as

    2: to provide with armor plate

    3: to cover with an adherent layer mechanically, chemically, or electrically; also : to deposit (something, such as a layer) on a surface


    Origin: 14th century ;

    [Adjective]  | "blue plate" 


    1: being a main course usually offered at a special price in a restaurant


    Origin: 1915 ;

    [Noun]  | "plate" 


    1: a small thin piece of material that resembles an animal scale;


      * e.g., " ... the tiny silver plates on the brooch are arranged to look like fish scales "



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    2: something that visually explains or decorates a text;


      * e.g., " ... the book's color plate illustrates the internal organs of the human body "



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    [Noun]  | "silver plate" 


    1: as in knife, spoon;


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     [ "plate" ]

    1: Term used in the gym to indicate a 45-pound weight, used on an olympic barbell. Additionally, the term plate can be used to indicate another weight, when preceded by the number.

      * e.g.,  ... Ex1: Im benching 315 now! That's three plates on each side! ( 6x45 + 45 lb. bar ) 

     [ "plate" ]

    1: An act of oral sex i.e. Fellatio/cunnylingus.

      * e.g.,  ... Oi slut, give me a plate! 

     [ "plate" ]

    1: A section of the crust of the earth, which is cracked. Each plate moves slowly over a very viscous thick liquid called the mantle, which itself covers a liquid metal core and solid inner core, mostly made of iron and nickle. These plates are called "tectonic" plates. These types of plates may make contact with each other in various ways to cause earthquakes and form volcanoes, trenches and mountains.

      * e.g.,  ... "The earthquake was cause at the plate boundery." the seperation of the two plates. Plates fit together like a jigsaw 

     [ "plate" ]

    1: A record, usu. a 12"

      * e.g.,  ... Put on that plate, I like the B-side mix! 

     [ "plate" ]

    1: To Plate : to record a photograph on any medium. From historical use of cut to size glass plates as a substrate or carrier medium for light sensitive emulsion.

      * e.g.,  ... "Let's plate this face and get outa this place" 

     [ "plate" ]

    1: Money, from Spanish 'plata' ( silver or money). Also, anything valuable.

      * e.g.,  ... Man, I'm flat. First mark I see, I'm takin plate. 

     [ "plate" ]

    1: Term used in the gym to indicate a 45-pound weight, used on an olympic barbell. Additionally, the term plate can be used to indicate another weight, when preceded by the number.

      * e.g.,  ... Ex1: Im benching 315 now! That's three plates on each side! ( 6x45 + 45 lb. bar ) 

     [ "plate" ]

    1: Something flat that you can't live in. You can eat on it or just look at it. It's not nice to throw a plate on someone you like. But it's okey to throw it on someone you don't like. A plate is often smaller than an elephant.

      * e.g.,  ... Don't bite on that plate dear, it will leave marks! Do you remember Abigail from Boston, her cat looks just like a plate. My plate rocks. 

     [ "plate" ]

    1: verb to cover over an object with another substance

      * e.g.,  ... Not listening to his dentist, he hadn't brush too often and the plaque had plated over his teeth and hardened into a false enamel. 

     [ "plate" ]

    1: noun a product of the steel industry used in making beams, large ships, pipelines, oil platforms and the like. Ranging in thickness from about 3-4mm up to 253mm, can be difficult to produce due to variety of chemical compositions and operator skill.

      * e.g.,  ... ... and he really fucked up the last rolling of 5mm plate when he used the wrong trim for the roll gap and it cobbled into the thickness gauge. 

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