Meaning

40 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten.

    I filled my plate from the bountiful table.

    Teller, Platte, Tafel

    таре́лкаtarélka, ми́скаmíska, блю́доbljúdo

    тарі́лкаtarílka, ми́скаmýska, блю́доbljúdo

    dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten

  2. (uncountable)Such dishes collectively.

    A valuable collection of silver plate was donated to the museum.

    Tafel

  3. (countable, uncountable)The contents of such a dish.

    I ate a plate of beans.

    Platte

    блю́доbljúdo

  4. (countable, uncountable)A course at a meal.

    The meat plate was particularly tasty.

    Gang, Gericht

    блю́доbljúdo

    a main course served on a plate

  5. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)An agenda of tasks, problems, or responsibilities

    With revenues down and transfer payments up, the legislature has a full plate.

  6. (countable, uncountable)A flat object of uniform thickness.

    The most important and most expensive part of any solar cell is a silicon plate.

    a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)

  7. (Australia, countable, especially, metonymically, plural, plural only, uncountable)Vehicle license plates, registration plates.

    He stole a car and changed the plates as soon as he could.

    Nummernschild, Kennzeichen

    номерно́й знакnomernój znak, регистрацио́нный но́мерregistraciónnyj nómer

    номерни́й знакnomernýj znak

  8. (countable, uncountable)A taxi permit, especially of a metal disc.

  9. (countable, historical, uncountable)Plate armor.

    He was confronted by two knights in full plate.

    the quantity contained in a plate

  10. (countable, uncountable)A layer of a material on the surface of something, usually qualified by the type of the material; plating

    The bullets just bounced off the steel plate on its hull.

    Beschichtung, Belag, Schicht

    плакиро́вкаplakiróvka, плакирова́ниеplakirovánije

  11. (countable, uncountable)A material covered with such a layer.

    If you're not careful, someone will sell you silverware that's really only silver plate.

    Schichtplatte, Laminat

  12. (countable, dated, uncountable)An ornamental or food service item coated with silver or gold or otherwise decorated.

    The tea was served in the plate.

Examples

586 sentences
  1. The plate is made of plastic.

    Тарілка з пластмаси.

    ruТарелка пластиковая.

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  2. I ate everything on my plate.

    Я з'їв все, що було на моїй тарілці.

    ruЯ съел всё, что было на тарелке.

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  3. We must wash all these dirty plates.

    Ми мусимо помити всі ці брудні тарілки.

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  4. She likes the design on the plate.

    Їй подобається дизайн тарілки.

    deIhr gefällt das Muster auf dem Teller.

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  5. Did Tom eat everything on his plate?

    Том з'їв все, що було на тарілці?

    ruТом съел всё, что было у него на тарелке?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 4
flat dish:
vehicle license plate:
dental plate:
flat metallic object:
Русский
By meaning 7
flat dish:
vehicle license plate:
layer of a material on the surface of something:
dental plate:
construction: horizontal framing member:
anode of vacuum tube:
flat metallic object:
Deutsch
By meaning 11
flat dish:
course at a meal:
vehicle license plate:
layer of a material on the surface of something:
material covered with such a layer:
printing: engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper:
printing, publishing: full page illustration:
construction: horizontal framing member:
anode of vacuum tube:
flat metallic object:
very light steel horseshoe:

Origin

From Middle English plate, from Old French plate, from Medieval Latin plata, from Vulgar L

From Middle English plate, from Old French plate, from Medieval Latin plata, from Vulgar Latin *plat(t)us, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “broad, flat, wide”). Compare Spanish plato.

From Middle English, partly from Anglo-Norman plate (“plate, bullion”) and partly from Latin plata (“silver”), from Vulgar Latin *platta (“metal plate”), from feminine of Latin *plattus (“flat”).

From Spanish plata (“silver”).

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Forms

plural: plates
Singularplate
Pluralplates

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
rego plates
Close in meaning
  • a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners):scaleshell
  • a shallow receptacle for collection in church:collection plate
  • a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded:photographic plate
  • a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly:crustal plate

Word family

248 related words

Collocations

10 patterns
  • on his plate
  • license plate number
  • on your plate
  • paper plates
  • license plate
  • on my plate
  • on the plate
  • plate number
  • this plate is
  • the plate is

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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