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noun
  1. 1
    a flat round dish that you put food on

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of plate*

    Types of plate or dish: bowl, dish, finger bowl, mixing bowl, plate, platter, punch bowl, ramekin, salver, saucer... more
    1. a.

      plate

       or

      plateful

       the amount of food that a plate will hold

      *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of plate*

      Amounts and pieces of food: batch, bed, bite, bowl, bowlful, c., cake, can, consumption, crumb... more
    2. b.
      American a complete meal or main part of a meal served on one plate

      *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of plate*

      General words for meals or food: food, meal, cooking, nutrition, nourishment, dish, sustenance, groceries, fare, foodstuff... more
    3. c.
      a flat round dish used for collecting money, especially in a church

      *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of plate*

      Christian religious clothes, objects and symbols: altar, biretta, cassock, chalice, collar, collection plate, cross, crucifix, dog collar, Easter egg... more
  2. 2
    a piece of metal or a hard substance used for covering or protecting something

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of plate*

    Layers and coverings: surface, cover, layer, plate, skin, paint, blanket, membrane... more
    1. a.
      a piece of metal put into a part of someone’s body to protect it

      *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of plate*

      Medical equipment: balloon, catheter, defibrillator, drain, drip, ECG, EEG, EKG, electrocardiogram, electrocardiograph... more
    2. b.
      a piece of metal used for covering something, or for joining two parts of something together

      *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of plate*

      Layers and coverings: surface, cover, layer, plate, skin, paint, blanket, membrane... more
    3. c.
      one of the flat pieces of bone, horn, etc. that protect the body of some animals

      *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of plate*

      The skin, bones and fur of animals: armor, armour, beard, brush, camouflage, coat, dander, dewlap, down, exoskeleton... more
  6. 6
    a piece of plastic or metal with false teeth fixed to it that is made to fit inside your mouth

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of plate*

    Dentistry: amalgam, braces, bridge, cap, cap, caries, cavity, crown, crown, dentistry... more
    1. a.
      a piece of plastic with wires fixed to it that you wear in your mouth to make your teeth straight

      *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of plate*

      Dentistry: amalgam, braces, bridge, cap, cap, caries, cavity, crown, crown, dentistry... more

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