"plate" meaning in English

See plate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pleɪt/ Audio: en-us-plate.ogg [US], en-uk-a plate.ogg [UK], en-au-plate.ogg [Australia] Forms: plate [singular], plates [plural]
enPR: plāt Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A plate is a hard flat thing, especially round ones that we put food on.
    Sense id: simple-plate-en-noun-iclC~jo4

Verb

IPA: /pleɪt/ Audio: en-us-plate.ogg [US], en-uk-a plate.ogg [UK], en-au-plate.ogg [Australia] Forms: plate [canonical], plates [third-person, singular], plated [past], plated [past, participle], plating [present, participle]
enPR: plāt Head templates: {{verb|plat|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you plate food, you place the food on a plate.
    Sense id: simple-plate-en-verb-pGLkY2xe
  2. If you plate A with B, you cover the surface of A with a thin coat of B.
    Sense id: simple-plate-en-verb-jKm4uVZk
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