OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 3773

plate

/pleɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
plato
A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten.
I filled my plate from the bountiful table.
plato
The contents of such a dish.
I ate a plate of beans.
plato
A course at a meal.
The meat plate was particularly tasty.
matrícula • placa
Vehicle license plates, registration plates.
He stole a car and changed the plates as soon as he could.
placa
An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper.
We finished making the plates this morning.
grabado
An image or copy.
lámina
An illustration in a book, either black and white, or colour, usually on a page of paper of different quality from the text pages.
placa
A shaped and fitted surface, usually ceramic or metal that fits into the mouth and in which teeth are implanted; a dental plate.
placa
A flat electrode such as can be found in an accumulator battery, or in an electrolysis tank.
placa
Any flat piece of material such as coated glass or plastic.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 3774

plate

/pleɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
chapar
To cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material, usually a metal.
This ring is plated with a thin layer of gold.