PLATE
What does "PLATE" mean?
A flat, usually round dish from which food is eaten or served.
Meanings
- A shallow dish for holding or serving food. He cleared his plate and asked for seconds.
- A thin flat sheet of metal, glass, or other rigid material. The ship's hull was riveted from steel plates.
- One of the rigid sections of Earth's crust that move slowly over the mantle. Two tectonic plates grind past each other along the fault. technical
- An illustration printed on special paper in a book. The atlas opened to a colour plate of the coastline. formal
- To coat a metal object with a thin layer of another metal. The ring was plated with gold.
Word origin
From Old French 'plate', a thin flat piece of metal, from Vulgar Latin 'plattus' (flat), from Greek 'platys' (broad, flat).
Remember it
PLATE shares Greek 'platys' (flat, broad) with 'plateau' and 'platypus' (flat-foot) - all things spread out flat.
A little poem
Empty white circle.
Beneath the table, two plates
of the earth still grind.
haiku
Wordplay
- I told the geologist my plate was full. She said wait long enough and it'll be a whole continent.
What it teaches
From dinnerware to drifting continents, a plate is just the flat thing that carries the weight you set on it.
Quick facts
What does PLATE mean?
A flat, usually round dish from which food is eaten or served.
Is PLATE a valid word?
Yes — PLATE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is PLATE?
PLATE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does PLATE come from?
From Old French 'plate', a thin flat piece of metal, from Vulgar Latin 'plattus' (flat), from Greek 'platys' (broad, flat).
What can PLATE teach us?
From dinnerware to drifting continents, a plate is just the flat thing that carries the weight you set on it.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.