(n.) A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of
which is small in comparison with the other dimensions; a thick sheet
of metal; as, a steel plate.
(n.) Metallic armor composed of broad pieces.
(n.) Domestic vessels and utensils, as flagons, dishes, cups,
etc., wrought in gold or silver.
(n.) Metallic ware which is plated, in distinction from that
which is genuine silver or gold.
(n.) A small, shallow, and usually circular, vessel of metal or
wood, or of earth glazed and baked, from which food is eaten at table.
(n.) A piece of money, usually silver money.
(n.) A piece of metal on which anything is engraved for the
purpose of being printed; hence, an impression from the engraved metal;
as, a book illustrated with plates; a fashion plate.
(n.) A page of stereotype, electrotype, or the like, for printing
from; as, publisher's plates.
(n.) That part of an artificial set of teeth which fits to the
mouth, and holds the teeth in place. It may be of gold, platinum,
silver, rubber, celluloid, etc.
(n.) A horizontal timber laid upon a wall, or upon corbels
projecting from a wall, and supporting the ends of other timbers; also
used specifically of the roof plate which supports the ends of the roof
trusses or, in simple work, the feet of the rafters.
(n.) A roundel of silver or tinctured argent.
(n.) A sheet of glass, porcelain, metal, etc., with a coating
that is sensitive to light.
(n.) A prize giving to the winner in a contest.
(v. t.) To cover or overlay with gold, silver, or other metals,
either by a mechanical process, as hammering, or by a chemical process,
as electrotyping.
(v. t.) To cover or overlay with plates of metal; to arm with
metal for defense.
(v. t.) To adorn with plated metal; as, a plated harness.
(v. t.) To beat into thin, flat pieces, or laminae.
(v. t.) To calender; as, to plate paper.
