catch plate
catch plate · catch plates
A rectangular piece of metal with one or more holes into which a pin or tenon fitsA rectangular piece of metal with one or more holes into which a pin or tenon (of a lock or other mechanism) fits
» Sadly, Gunter did not catch the license plate.
Amastan · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 sensesA rectangular piece of metal with one or more holes into which a pin or tenon (of a lock or other mechanism) fits
A plastic plate with a protruding lip used by young children who drop food when eating
Examples
1 sentencesSadly, Gunter did not catch the license plate.
Forms
plural: catch platesWord family
1 related wordsRelatedstrike plate
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.