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