Check Dictionary

Find out more about word, its definitions etc.

Valid in these dictionaries

TWL/NWL (Scrabble US/CA/TH)
SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK / ALL)
ENABLE (Words with Friends)

Meaning of plate

1 definition found

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  plate
      n 1: (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}, {plate}]
      2: a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
      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: {plate}, {plateful}]
      6: a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift
         slowly [syn: {plate}, {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: {plate}, {photographic plate}]
      12: structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that
          provides bearing and anchorage
      13: a shallow receptacle for collection in church [syn: {plate},
          {collection plate}]
      14: a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield
          attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) [syn:
          {plate}, {scale}, {shell}]
      15: a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
          [syn: {denture}, {dental plate}, {plate}]
      v 1: coat with a layer of metal; "plate spoons with silver"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

Use this dictionary checker to learn more about a word - find out its meaning and also make sure whether that word is a valid word in any of these dictionaries (used by popular word games). Here is the list of dictionaries it checks for :

OCTWL / TWL : The official dictionary for scrabble game in United States, Canada and Thailand.
SOWPODS / CSW : UK and the rest of the world uses this dictionary for various word games including scrabble.
ENABLE - This is the default dictionary for Words with Friends.

The dictionary checker is also good at solving any issue with a disputed word when you're playing scramble games gainst your friends or family members. As a bonus, you also learn new words while having fun!

Back to Word Unscrambler