plate

NOUNVERB /pleɪt/
5 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH P

plate is a valid 5-letter word worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
P3L1A1T1E1
3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =7 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 14TRIPLE WORD → 21
MEANING

What does plate mean?

NOUN · 15 SENSES
1

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

BROADER
3

A sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic.

4

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

BROADER
5

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

NARROWER
6

The positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube.

BROADER
7

The thin under portion of the forequarter.

8

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

SYNONYMS
BROADER
9

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

10

A shallow receptacle for collection in church.

BROADER
11

The quantity contained in a plate.

SYNONYMS
12

A dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth.

13

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

14

A full-page illustration (usually on slick paper).

15

A main course served on a plate.

“a vegetable plate”

“the blue plate special”

VERB · 1 SENSE
1

Coat with a layer of metal.

“plate spoons with silver”

AT THE BOARD

Anagrams of plate

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