Definition of plate

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of plate is as below...

Plate (n.) A small, shallow, and usually circular, vessel of metal or wood, or of earth glazed and baked, from which food is eaten at table..

Lern More About Plate

Cuirass :: Cuirass (n.) An armor of bony plates, somewhat resembling a cuirass..
Implate :: Implate (v. t.) To cover with plates; to sheathe; as, to implate a ship with iron..
Bolster :: Bolster (n.) the perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched.
Tegulated :: Tegulated (a.) Composed of small plates, as of horn or metal, overlapping like tiles; -- said of a kind of ancient armor..
Gully :: Gully (n.) A grooved iron rail or tram plate.
Foliate :: Foliate (v. t.) To beat into a leaf, or thin plate..
Diaphragm :: Diaphragm (n.) A calcareous plate which divides the cavity of certain shells into two parts.
Water Plate :: Water plate () A plate heated by hot water contained in a double bottom or jacket.
Abacinate :: Abacinate (v. t.) To blind by a red-hot metal plate held before the eyes.
Electrotype :: Electrotype (n.) A facsimile plate made by electrotypy for use in printing; also, an impression or print from such plate. Also used adjectively..
Contemplator :: Contemplator (n.) One who contemplates.
Melanotype :: Melanotype (n.) A positive picture produced with sensitized collodion on a smooth surface of black varnish, coating a thin plate of iron; also, the process of making such a picture..
Phonograph :: Phonograph (n.) An instrument for the mechanical registration and reproduction of audible sounds, as articulate speech, etc. It consists of a rotating cylinder or disk covered with some material easily indented, as tinfoil, wax, paraffin, etc., above which is a thin plate carrying a stylus. As the plate vibrates under the influence of a sound, the stylus makes minute indentations or undulations in the soft material, and these, when the cylinder or disk is again turned, set the plate in vibration
Present :: Present (a.) Present time; the time being; time in progress now, or at the moment contemplated; as, at this present..
Griddle :: Griddle (n.) An iron plate or pan used for cooking cakes.
Cuvette :: Cuvette (n.) A pot, bucket, or basin, in which molten plate glass is carried from the melting pot to the casting table..
Gorget :: Gorget (n.) A small ornamental plate, usually crescent-shaped, and of gilded copper, formerly hung around the neck of officers in full uniform in some modern armies..
Extend :: Extend (v. t.) To enlarge, as a surface or volume; to expand; to spread; to amplify; as, to extend metal plates by hammering or rolling them..
Plastron :: Plastron (n.) An iron breastplate, worn under the hauberk..
Compensator :: Compensator (n.) An iron plate or magnet placed near the compass on iron vessels to neutralize the effect of the ship's attraction on the needle.
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us