| armor plate |
specially hardened steel plates used to protect vehicles or fortifications. |
| epiphyseal plate |
the area of growth at each end of the long bones of children and adolescents, also known as the growth plate or physis. |
| fashion plate |
a person who usu. dresses in the latest, most stylish clothes. [2 definitions] |
| gold plate |
tableware or containers made of or plated with gold. [2 definitions] |
| gold-plate |
to cover with a layer of gold or electroplate with gold. |
| growth plate |
the area of growth at each end of the long bones of children and adolescents, also known as the epiphyseal plate or physis. |
| home plate |
in baseball, a five-sided flat slab of hard rubber at which the batter stands, and which the base runner must touch in order to score a run. |
| hot plate |
a small, usu. electric, portable appliance for cooking or heating food. |
| license plate |
a metal tag or plate displayed on a motor vehicle and bearing a registration number that qualifies the vehicle as legal to drive on public highways and roads. |
| nickel plate |
a thin coating of nickel, usu. deposited by electroplating, that provides an inexpensive, protective cover for other metals. |
| number plate |
(chiefly British) a metal tag or plate displayed on a motor vehicle and bearing a registration number that qualifies the vehicle as legal to drive on public highways and roads; license plate. |
| plate glass |
clear, ground, and polished glass in large sheets, used for mirrors and large windows. |
| plate rail |
a narrow, shelflike strip or molding attached to the upper part of a wall, on which plates or other flat objects can be displayed. |
| plate tectonics |
(used with a sing. verb) the geologic theory that the earth's crust consists of several independent plates floating on semiliquid magma, whose constant motion is the cause of continental drift, volcanic eruption, and the like. |
| silver plate |
tableware that is made of, or coated with, silver. [2 definitions] |
| silver-plate |
to coat or plate (a metal) with silver, esp. by electrolysis. |
| tectonic plate |
any of the several segments of Earth's crust and upper mantle that move in relation to one another causing such phenomena as continental drift and volcanic eruptions. |
| tin plate |
thin sheet iron or steel plated with tin. |
| vanity plate |
a car license plate with letters and numbers chosen by the owner rather than assigned by the state. |