| • | 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. |
| • | Metallic armor composed of broad pieces. |
| • | Domestic vessels and utensils, as flagons, dishes, cups, etc., wrought in gold or silver. |
| • | Metallic ware which is plated, in distinction from that which is genuine silver or gold. |
| • | A small, shallow, and usually circular, vessel of metal or wood, or of earth glazed and baked, from which food is eaten at table. |
| • | A piece of money, usually silver money. |
| • | 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. |
| • | A page of stereotype, electrotype, or the like, for printing from; as, publisher's plates. |
| • | 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. |
| • | 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. |
| • | A roundel of silver or tinctured argent. |
| • | A sheet of glass, porcelain, metal, etc., with a coating that is sensitive to light. |
| • | A prize giving to the winner in a contest. |
| • | To cover or overlay with gold, silver, or other metals, either by a mechanical process, as hammering, or by a chemical process, as electrotyping. |
| • | To cover or overlay with plates of metal; to arm with metal for defense. |
| • | To adorn with plated metal; as, a plated harness. |
| • | To beat into thin, flat pieces, or laminae. |
| • | To calender; as, to plate paper. |
