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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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The metal is shipped as cathode plates in sealed containers, representing about 95 percent of the volume from the DRC.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

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

The new observations from Cascadia suggest that these ancient plates likely broke apart in the same gradual way.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026

“I’ll take a few,” I say, grabbing plates and silverware.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz