Synonyms for plate
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Home base — home plate
3. Denture
Other
dish, platter, layer, cover, armor US, armour UK, engraving, plateful, rego plate AU, photographic plate, lamina, collection plate
Definitions
- n. 1
Home plate.
There was a close play at the plate.
- n. 2
A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten.
I filled my plate from the bountiful table.
- n. 3
Such dishes collectively.
A valuable collection of silver plate was donated to the museum.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- plates → homes, shells, scales, dentures…
Example sentences
- shell It took Tom a long time to break out of his shell.
- layer Tom's favorite is the triple-layer chocolate cake.
- dish Susan broke the dish on purpose to show her anger.
- engraving The engraving process for music sheets takes a considerable amount of time.
By length
- 4 letters
- home1, dish1
- 5 letters
- cover2, scale1, shell1, layer2, armor2
- 6 letters
- armour2, lamina3
- 7 letters
- platter2, denture2
- 8 letters
- plateful
- 9 letters
- engraving3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cover2 = 2 syllables).