PLATE

(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score

Example: "He ruled that the runner failed to touch home"

A sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic

A full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)

Dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten

The quantity contained in a plate

A rigid layer of the earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly

The thin under portion of the forequarter

A main course served on a plate

Example: "A vegetable plate"

Any flat platelike body structure or part

The positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube

A flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded

Structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage

A shallow receptacle for collection in church

A metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)

A dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth