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

  hypernym	flatware
  hyponym	dessert platedinner platepaper platesalad bowlsalad platesoup platesteel plate

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

  synonym	scaleshell
  hypernym	shield
  hyponym	armor platearmor platingarmour platehorseshoeplate armorplate armourshell platingshoe

• a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic

  hypernym	flat solidsheet
  hyponym	bafflebaffle boardcylinder headdamperdiscdiskengravingescutcheonfin keelfishplategridgussetgusset plateL-platelamellalicense platenameplatenumberplateplate ironplatenplessimeterpleximeterstorage-battery gridtap

• a shallow receptacle for collection in church

  synonym	collection plate
  hypernym	receptacle

• (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score

  synonym	homehome basehome plate
  domain topic	ballbaseballbaseball game
  hypernym	bagbase

• structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage

  holo part	constructionstructure
  hypernym	structural member
  hyponym	wall plate

• a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)

  hypernym	illustration
  hyponym	fashion plate

• a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded

  synonym	photographic plate
  hypernym	flat solidsheet
  hyponym	quarter plate

• the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube

  holo part	electron tubethermionic tubethermionic vacuum tubethermionic valvetubevacuum tube
  hypernym	anode

• a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth

  synonym	dental platedenture
  hypernym	dental appliance
  hyponym	bridgebridgeworkfalse teethpartial denture

• any flat platelike body structure or part

  hypernym	anatomical structurebodily structurebody structurecomplex body partstructure
  hyponym	combfrilllaminaoperculum

• a main course served on a plate

  hypernym

  entreemain course

• the thin under portion of the forequarter

  hypernym

  cut of beef

• a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly

  synonym	crustal plate
  hypernym	crustEarth's crust

• the quantity contained in a plate

  synonym	plateful
  hypernym	containerful

• coat with a layer of metal

  derivation	platerplatingplating
  other	plater
  hypernym	coatsurface
  hyponym	chromechromium-plateelectroplategold plategold-plategoldplatenickelsilversilver-platesilverplatetintin