What is the meaning of plate?

noun

• Baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score. (
  • usage: "he ruled that the runner failed to touch home"
  • synonyms: home plate, home base, home
• A sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic.
• A full-page illustration (usually on slick paper. )
• Dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten.
• The quantity contained in a plate.
  • synonyms: plateful
• A rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly.
  • synonyms: crustal plate
• The thin under portion of the forequarter.
• A main course served on a plate.
  • usage: "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.
  • synonyms: photographic plate
• Structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage.
• A shallow receptacle for collection in church.
  • synonyms: collection plate
• A metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners.
  • synonyms: scale, shell
• A dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth.
  • synonyms: denture, dental plate

verb

• Coat with a layer of metal.
  • usage: "plate spoons with silver"