plate

A nearly flat dish that you put food on to serve or eat it.

• Put the bread on a plate.
• I washed the dirty plates after dinner.
• Could you pass me a clean plate?

Similar words: dish

Common phrases: dinner plate, an empty plate, wash a plate

The amount of food served on one flat dish.

• She ate a plate of pasta.
• We ordered two plates of chips.
• Would you like another plate of vegetables?

How to use it: a plate of something (He ate a plate of rice.)

Similar words: plateful, serving

Common phrases: plate of something, a full plate, a second plate

A heavy round disc with a central hole, used on a bar or exercise machine.

• Add a plate to each end of the bar.
• The gym has several sizes of weight plates.
• She removed two plates before her next set.

Similar words: weight, weight disc

Common phrases: weight plate, load a plate, a heavy plate

To put cooked food on a dish, ready to serve.

• Plate the fish and add the sauce.
• The chef plated each dessert carefully.
• We need to plate the food before the guests arrive.

Similar words: dish up, serve

Common phrases: plate the food, plate a dish, plate something up

To cover an object with a thin layer of metal.

• They plate the rings with gold.
• The spoons were plated with silver.
• This process plates steel with a thin layer of copper.

How to use it: plate something with something (They plated the handle with silver.)

Similar words: coat

Common phrases: plate with gold, plate with silver, plate the surface

In baseball, to score a run or allow a runner to score.

• His single plated a runner.
• The double plated two runs in the final inning.
• Can this batter plate the winning run?

Similar words: score, drive in

Common phrases: plate a runner, plate a run, plate two runs

To choose the airline in whose name a flight ticket is issued.

• The agent will plate the ticket today.
• These tickets were plated on a different airline.
• Which carrier should we plate this booking on?

How to use it: plate a ticket on an airline (The agent plated the ticket on the main carrier.)

Common phrases: plate a ticket, plate on something