Definition of Plates. Meaning of Plates. Synonyms of Plates

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Definition of Plates

Plate
Plate Plate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plated; p. pr. & vb. n. Plating.] 1. To cover or overlay with gold, silver, or other metals, either by a mechanical process, as hammering, or by a chemical process, as electrotyping. 2. To cover or overlay with plates of metal; to arm with metal for defense. Thus plated in habiliments of war. --Shak. 3. To adorn with plated metal; as, a plated harness. 4. To beat into thin, flat pieces, or lamin[ae]. 5. To calender; as, to plate paper.

Meaning of Plates from wikipedia

- Plate or plate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Plate may refer to: Plate (dishware), broad, mainly flat vessel commonly used to serve food Plates...
- into seven or eight major plates (depending on how they are defined) and many minor plates or "platelets". Where the plates meet, their relative motion...
- must either obtain new plates or attach plates they already hold, as well as register their vehicles under the buyer's name and plate number. A person who...
- According to Latter Day Saint belief, the golden plates (also called the gold plates or in some 19th-century literature, the golden bible) are the source...
- tectonic plates on Earth's surface. Tectonic plates are pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle, together referred to as the lithosphere. The plates are...
- Vehicle registration plates (commonly referred to as "number plates" in British English) are the alphanumeric plates used to display the registration...
- Vehicle registration plates in the Philippines, commonly known as license plates (Filipino: plaka), are issued and regulated by the Land Transportation...
- In the United States, vehicle registration plates, known as license plates, are issued by a department of motor vehicles, an agency of the state or territorial...
- English and Canadian English respectively), is a metal or plastic plate or plates attached to a motor vehicle or trailer for official identification...
- Plate smashing is a Gr**** custom that peaked in the 60s and 70s, involving the intentional smashing of plates or poes gl****es during celebratory occasions...