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plate |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb plate 1 sense of plate Sense 1 plate => tin => tin => silver => nickel => electroplate => chrome, chromium-plate => goldplate => silverplate Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb plate 1 sense of plate Sense 1 plate => tin => tin => silver => nickel => electroplate => chrome, chromium-plate => goldplate => silverplate Entailment of verb plate Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb plate 1 sense of plate Sense 1 plate => coat, surface Familiarity of verb plate plate used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb plate Sense 1 plate => coat, surface -------------- Grep of noun plate armor plate armour plate backplate biteplate boilerplate bookplate breastplate charge plate collection plate copperplate cover plate dental plate dessert plate dinner plate doorplate electroplate end-plate endplate faceplate fashion plate finger plate fishplate footplate gold plate gusset plate home plate hot plate hotplate l-plate license plate motor end plate nameplate numberplate photographic plate plate plate armor plate armour plate glass plate iron plate rack plate rail plate tectonics plateau plateau striped whiptail plateful platelayer platelet plateletpheresis platen plater quarter plate rider plate sailor's breastplate salad plate sandwich plate silver plate soup plate spin the plate steel plate template tin plate u-shaped plate wall plate Overview of noun plate The noun plate has 16 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (7) plate -- (a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic) 2. (6) home plate, home, plate -- ((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") 3. (3) plate -- (a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)) 4. (3) plate -- (dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten) 5. (1) plate, plateful -- (the quantity contained in a plate) 6. plate -- (a rigid layer of the lithosphere that is believed to drift slowly) 7. plate -- (the thin under portion of the forequarter) 8. plate -- (a main course served on a plate: "a vegetable plate"; "the blue plate special") 9. plate -- (any flat platelike body structure or part) 10. plate -- (the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube) 11. plate, photographic plate -- (a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded) 12. plate -- (structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage) 13. plate, collection plate -- (a shallow receptacle for collection in church) 14. plate, scale, shell -- (a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)) 15. denture, dental plate, plate -- (a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth) 16. catcher, plate -- (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") Overview of verb plate The verb plate has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. plate -- (coat with a layer of metal) Grep of adj plate platelike Overview of noun plate The noun plate has 16 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (7) plate -- (a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic) 2. (6) home plate, home, plate -- ((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") 3. (3) plate -- (a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)) 4. (3) plate -- (dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten) 5. (1) plate, plateful -- (the quantity contained in a plate) 6. plate -- (a rigid layer of the lithosphere that is believed to drift slowly) 7. plate -- (the thin under portion of the forequarter) 8. plate -- (a main course served on a plate: "a vegetable plate"; "the blue plate special") 9. plate -- (any flat platelike body structure or part) 10. plate -- (the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube) 11. plate, photographic plate -- (a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded) 12. plate -- (structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage) 13. plate, collection plate -- (a shallow receptacle for collection in church) 14. plate, scale, shell -- (a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)) 15. denture, dental plate, plate -- (a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth) 16. catcher, plate -- (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") Overview of verb plate The verb plate has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. plate -- (coat with a layer of metal)
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