Definition of plate

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Plate (n.) Metallic ware which is plated, in distinction from that which is genuine silver or gold..

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Cymbal :: Cymbal (n.) A musical instrument of brass, shaped like a circular dish or a flat plate, with a handle at the back; -- used in pairs to produce a sharp ringing sound by clashing them together..
Frankfort Black :: Frankfort black () A black pigment used in copperplate printing, prepared by burning vine twigs, the lees of wine, etc..
Squill :: Squilgee (n.) Formerly, a small swab for drying a vessel's deck; now, a kind of scraper having a blade or edge of rubber or of leather, -- used for removing superfluous, water or other liquids, as from a vessel's deck after washing, from window panes, photographer's plates, etc..
Plateresque :: Plateresque (a.) Resembling silver plate; -- said of certain architectural ornaments.
Anaptychus :: Anaptychus (n.) One of a pair of shelly plates found in some cephalopods, as the ammonites..
Cuvette :: Cuvette (n.) A pot, bucket, or basin, in which molten plate glass is carried from the melting pot to the casting table..
Manifolded :: Manifolded (a.) Having many folds, layers, or plates; as, a manifolded shield..
Nail :: Nail (n.) The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds..
Etching :: Etching (v. t.) An impression on paper, parchment, or other material, taken in ink from an etched plate..
Speculate :: Speculate (v. i.) To consider by turning a subject in the mind, and viewing it in its different aspects and relations; to meditate; to contemplate; to theorize; as, to speculate on questions in religion; to speculate on political events..
Galvanize :: Galvanize (v. t.) To plate, as with gold, silver, etc., by means of electricity..
Intertie :: Intertie (n.) In any framed work, a horizontal tie other than sill and plate or other principal ties, securing uprights to one another..
Thorax :: Thorax (n.) A breastplate, cuirass, or corselet; especially, the breastplate worn by the ancient Greeks..
Bladed :: Bladed (a.) Composed of long and narrow plates, shaped like the blade of a knife..
Moire Metallique :: Moire metallique () A crystalline or frosted appearance produced by some acids on tin plate; also, the tin plate thus treated..
Depolarize :: Depolarize (v. t.) To free from polarization, as the negative plate of the voltaic battery..
Cut :: Cut (n.) An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving; as, a book illustrated with fine cuts..
Deflagrator :: Deflagrator (n.) A form of the voltaic battery having large plates, used for producing rapid and powerful combustion..
Alfenide :: Alfenide (n.) An alloy of nickel and silver electroplated with silver.
Pectoral :: Pectoral (n.) A breastplate, esp. that worn by the Jewish high person..
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