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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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Stegosaurs were plant-eating dinosaurs that walked on four legs and are best known for the rows of plates and spikes running from their necks to their tails.

From Science Daily • May 17, 2026

The Gofar fault is a deep underwater fracture where the Pacific and Nazca tectonic plates slide past one another at roughly 140 millimeters per year, about as fast as fingernails grow.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

Servers openly scrutinizing how many plates people ordered didn’t fit the vibe.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

But the concentration of the carcinogenic element can increase through deposits, including phosphate fertilisers used to grow crops that then end up on people's plates.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

You remember how Aunt Lotti piles the plates?

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo