plate

Pronunciation

• enPR: plāt, IPA ^(key): /pleɪt/ or [pʰl̥eɪt]

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Noun

Singular plate

Plural plates

A shelf full of plates

1. (countable) A plate is a hard flat thing, especially round ones that we put food on.

   He ate everything on his plate.

   The name plate on the door said, "Tanaka".

Verb

Plain form plate

Third-person singular plates

Past tense plated

Past participle plated

Present participle plating

1. If you plate food, you place the food on a plate.
2. If you plate A with B, you cover the surface of A with a thin coat of B.

   This ring is plated with a thin layer of gold.