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Plasmon butter \Plasmon butter\, and resembles clotted cream in
   appearance. Plate \Plate\, n.
   1. (Baseball) A small five-sided area (enveloping a
      diamond-shaped area one foot square) beside which the
      batter stands and which must be touched by some part of a
      player on completing a run; -- called also {home base}, or
      {home plate}.

   2. One of the thin parts of the bricket of an animal.

   3. A very light steel racing horsehoe.

   4. Loosely, a sporting contest for a prize; specif., in horse
      racing, a race for a prize, the contestants not making a
      stake.

   5. Skins for fur linings of garments, sewed together and
      roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted. [Furrier's
      Cant]

   6. (Hat Making) The fine nap (as of beaver, hare's wool,
      musquash, nutria, or English black wool) on a hat the body
      of which is of an inferior substance.

Plate \Plate\, n. [OF. plate a plate of metal, a cuirsas, F.
   plat a plate, a shallow vessel of silver, other metal, or
   earth, fr. plat flat, Gr. ?. See {Place}, n.]
   1. 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.

   2. Metallic armor composed of broad pieces.

            Mangled . . . through plate and mail. --Milton.

   3. Domestic vessels and utensils, as flagons, dishes, cups,
      etc., wrought in gold or silver.

   4. Metallic ware which is plated, in distinction from that
      which is genuine silver or gold.

   5. A small, shallow, and usually circular, vessel of metal or
      wood, or of earth glazed and baked, from which food is
      eaten at table.

   6. [Cf. Sp. plata silver.] A piece of money, usually silver
      money. [Obs.] ``Realms and islands were as plates dropp'd
      from his pocket.'' --Shak.

   7. 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.

   8. A page of stereotype, electrotype, or the like, for
      printing from; as, publisher's plates.

   9. 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.

   10. (Arch.) 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.

   11. (Her.) A roundel of silver or tinctured argent.

   12. (Photog.) A sheet of glass, porcelain, metal, etc., with
       a coating that is sensitive to light.

   13. A prize giving to the winner in a contest.

   Note: Plate is sometimes used in an adjectival sense or in
         combination, the phrase or compound being in most cases
         of obvious signification; as, plate basket or
         plate-basket, plate rack or plate-rack.

   {Home plate}. (Baseball) See {Home base}, under {Home}.

   {Plate armor}.
       (a) See {Plate}, n., 2.
       (b) Strong metal plates for protecting war vessels,
           fortifications, and the like.

   {Plate bone}, the shoulder blade, or scapula.

   {Plate girder}, a girder, the web of which is formed of a
      single vertical plate, or of a series of such plates
      riveted together.

   {Plate glass}. See under {Glass}.

   {Plate iron}, wrought iron plates.

   {Plate layer}, a workman who lays down the rails of a railway
      and fixes them to the sleepers or ties.

   {Plate mark}, a special mark or emblematic figure stamped
      upon gold or silver plate, to indicate the place of
      manufacture, the degree of purity, and the like; thus, the
      local mark for London is a lion.

   {Plate paper}, a heavy spongy paper, for printing from
      engraved plates. --Fairholt.

   {Plate press}, a press with a flat carriage and a roller, --
      used for printing from engraved steel or copper plates.

   {Plate printer}, one who prints from engraved plates.

   {Plate printing}, the act or process of printing from an
      engraved plate or plates.

   {Plate tracery}. (Arch.) See under {Tracery}.

   {Plate wheel} (Mech.), a wheel, the rim and hub of which are
      connected by a continuous plate of metal, instead of by
      arms or spokes.

Plate \Plate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plated}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Plating}.]
   1. To cover or overlay with gold, silver, or other metals,
      either by a mechanical process, as hammering, or by a
      chemical process, as electrotyping.

   2. To cover or overlay with plates of metal; to arm with
      metal for defense.

            Thus plated in habiliments of war.    --Shak.

   3. To adorn with plated metal; as, a plated harness.

   4. To beat into thin, flat pieces, or lamin[ae].

   5. To calender; as, to plate paper.

资料来源 : WordNet®

plate
     n 1: a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
     2: (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter
        stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to
        score; "he ruled that the runner failed to touch home"
        [syn: {home plate}, {home base}, {home}]
     3: a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
     4: dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
     5: the quantity contained in a plate [syn: {plateful}]
     6: a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift
        slowly [syn: {crustal plate}]
     7: the thin under portion of the forequarter
     8: a main course served on a plate; "a vegetable plate"; "the
        blue plate special"
     9: any flat platelike body structure or part
     10: the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
     11: a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image
         can be recorded [syn: {photographic plate}]
     12: structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that
         provides bearing and anchorage
     13: a shallow receptacle for collection in church [syn: {collection
         plate}]
     14: a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield
         attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
         [syn: {scale}, {shell}]
     15: a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
         [syn: {denture}, {dental plate}]
     16: the position on a baseball team of the player who is
         stationed behind home plate and who catches the balls
         that the pitcher throws; "a catcher needs a lot of
         protective equipment"; "he plays behind the plate" [syn:
         {catcher}]

plate
     v : coat with a layer of metal; "plate spoons with silver"