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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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Even within a scene, mayhem stacks up like teetering plates.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Don’t Miss: Grab dinner at Native, a Honesdale restaurant and wine bar known for seasonal small plates, natural wines and a crowd that still includes locals, even at the height of summer.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Transform faults are areas where tectonic plates move horizontally alongside each other, and Gofar has become one of the best studied examples on the ocean floor.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

The company specializes in wafer-scale processors, or chips the size of dinner plates that are designed to train and power AI models.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

You remember how Aunt Lotti piles the plates?

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo