plate

What is the Definition of plate?

Noun:

(baseball)
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
a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
the thin under portion of the forequarter
a main course served on a plate
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
structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
a shallow receptacle for collection in church
a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth

Verb:

This morning, however, she fluttered down between the marmalade and the sugar bowl and dropped a note onto Harry's plate.

This is Ron, Harry told Hagrid, who was pouring boiling water into a large teapot and putting rock cakes onto a plate.

Harry piled his plate with a bit of everything except the peppermints and began to eat.

She placed a plate of cookies on the table for snacks. - Она поставила тарелку с печеньем на стол для перекуса.

Harry looked down at his empty gold plate.