plates

NOUN

dish or meal served

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bowl platter serving

STRONG

casserole course helping portion service trencher

NOUN

sheet, panel

Synonyms

STRONGEST

layer slab slice

STRONG

coat disc flake foil lamella lamina leaf plane print scale spangle stratum

VERB

coat with metallic material

Synonyms

STRONG

anodize bronze chrome cover electroplate enamel encrust face flake foil gild laminate layer nickel overlay platinize scale silver stratify

Example Sentences

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Because of this only one of the plates can be displayed at a time.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Two of the people in a continuing civil rights lawsuit accuse DHS of unlawfully using their license plates and biometric data to track and intimidate them for exercising their First Amendment rights.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Their findings show that movements of tectonic plates over millions of years gradually lifted and tilted these massive rock formations out of the ocean.

From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2026

Everyone else would spend the night standing, balancing plates and, inevitably, spilling some wine.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

At last, Boaz yanked back a chair and sat in front of one of the empty plates.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny