| • | 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. |