1. тарелка dinner plate —- мелкая тарелка plate of soup —- тарелка супу 2. блюдо fruit plate —- фрукты (десерт) fish plate —- рыбное блюдо cold plate —- холодное блюдо 3. полная тарелка 4. еда на одного человека (на банкете, званом обеде и т. п.) the dinner will cost $10 a plate —- ужин обойдется по 10 долларов с человека we cooked enough for six plates of spaghetti —- мы приготовили спагетти на шестерых 5. тарелка для сбора пожертвований (в церкви; также church plate) to put a shilling in(to) the plate —- пожертвовать шиллинг to pass (to take) round the plate —- собирать пожертвования 6. разг. пожертвованные деньги 7. столовое серебро; металлическая посуда (преим. серебряная или золотая) the family plate included... —- среди фамильного серебра были... 8. посеребренная или позолоченная посуда the knives are plate, not solid silver —- это не серебряные, а посеребренные ножи 9. плита, лист, полоса (металла); листовая сталь base (bed, foundation) plate —- опорная (фундаментная) плита plate iron —- (толсто)листовая сталь plate slab —- сляб 10. воен. броня, обшивка the steel plates of a ship —- стальная обшивка (броня) корабля 11. листовое или зеркальное стекло 12. пластинка, дощечка plate an inch thick —- пластинка в дюйм толщиной name plate —- дверная пластинка с фамилией; указатель, пластинка с названием улицы; заводская...
n. & v. --n. 1 a a shallow vessel, usu. circular and of earthenware or china, from which food is eaten or served. b the contents of this (ate a plate of sandwiches). 2 a similar vessel usu. of metal or wood, used esp. for making a collection in a church etc. 3 US a main course of a meal, served on one plate. 4 Austral. & NZ a contribution of cakes, sandwiches, etc., to a social gathering. 5 (collect.) a utensils of silver, gold, or other metal. b objects of plated metal. 6 a piece of metal with a name or inscription for affixing to a door, container, etc. 7 an illustration on special paper in a book. 8 a thin sheet of metal, glass, etc., coated with a sensitive film for photography. 9 a flat thin usu. rigid sheet of metal etc. with an even surface and uniform thickness, often as part of a mechanism. 10 a a smooth piece of metal etc. for engraving. b an impression made from this. 11 a a silver or gold cup as a prize for a horse-race etc. b a race with this as a prize. 12 a a thin piece of plastic material, moulded to the shape of the mouth and gums, to which artificial teeth or another orthodontic appliance are attached. b colloq. a complete denture or orthodontic appliance. 13 Geol. each of several rigid sheets of rock thought to form the earth's outer crust. 14 Biol. a thin flat organic structure or formation. 15 a light shoe for a racehorse. 16 a stereotype, electrotype, or plastic cast of a page of composed movable types, or a metal or plastic copy of filmset matter, from which sheets are printed. 17 US Baseball a flat piece of whitened rubber marking the station of a batter or pitcher. 18 US the anode of a thermionic valve. 19 a horizontal timber laid along the top of a wall to support the ends of joists or rafters (window-plate). --v.tr. 1 apply a thin coat esp. of silver, gold, or tin to (another metal). 2 cover (esp. a ship) with plates of metal, esp. for protection. 3 make a plate of (type etc.) for printing. Phrases and idioms on a plate colloq. available with little trouble to the recipient. on one's plate for one to deal...
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from ~, feminine of plat flat, from Vulgar Latin *plattus, probably from Greek platys broad, flat — more at place Date: 14th century 1. a. a smooth flat thin piece of material b. (1) forged, rolled, or cast metal in sheets usually thicker than 1/4 inch (6 millimeters) (2) a very thin layer of metal deposited on a surface of base metal by plating c. one of the broad metal pieces used in armor; also armor of such ~s d. (1) a thin relatively flat anatomical part (as a lamina of bone) of an animal body; especially scute (2) the thin under portion of the forequarter of beef; especially the fatty back part — see beef illustration e. home ~ f. any of the large movable segments into which the earth's lithosphere is divided according to the theory of ~ tectonics 2. Middle English; partly from Anglo-French ~ ~, bullion; partly from Old Spanish plata silver, from Vulgar Latin *platta metal ~, from feminine of plattus flat a. obsolete a silver coin b. precious metal; especially silver bullion 3. Middle English, from Anglo-French plat, ~ dish, ~, from plat flat a. domestic hollowware made of or ~d with gold, silver, or base metals b. a shallow usually circular vessel from which food is eaten or served c. (1) a quantity to fill a ~ ; ~ful (2) a main course served on a ~ (3) food and service supplied to one person a dinner at $10 a ~ d. (1) a prize given to the winner in a contest (2) British a horse race in which the contestants compete for a prize of fixed value rather than stakes e. a dish or pouch passed during collections f. a flat glass or plastic dish used chiefly for culturing microorganisms 4. a. a prepared surface from which printing is done b. a sheet of material (as glass or plastic) coated with a light-sensitive photographic emulsion c. a metallic grid with its interstices filled with active material that forms one of the structural units of a battery d. license ~ 5. a horizontal...
(plates) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A plate is a round or oval flat dish that is used to hold food. Anita pushed her plate away; she had eaten virtually nothing. N-COUNT • A plate of food is the amount of food on the plate. ...a huge plate of bacon and eggs. N-COUNT: usu N of n 2. A plate is a flat piece of metal, especially on machinery or a building. N-COUNT 3. A plate is a small, flat piece of metal with someone’s name written on it, which you usually find beside the front door of an office or house. N-COUNT 4. On a road vehicle, the plates are the panels at the front and back which display the license number in the United States, and the registration number in Britain. ...dusty-looking cars with New Jersey plates. N-PLURAL see also number plate, license plate 5. Plate is dishes, bowls, and cups that are made of precious metal, especially silver or gold. ...gold and silver plate, jewellery, and roomfuls of antique furniture. N-UNCOUNT 6. A plate in a book is a picture or photograph which takes up a whole page and is usually printed on better quality paper than the rest of the book. Fermor’s book has 55 colour plates. N-COUNT 7. In geology, a plate is a large piece of the earth’s surface, perhaps as large as a continent, which moves very slowly. (TECHNICAL) N-COUNT 8. If you have enough on your plate or have a lot on your plate, you have a lot of work to do or a lot of things to deal with. We have enough on our plate. There is plenty of work to be done on what we have. PHRASE: V inflects 9. If you say that someone has things handed to them on a plate, you disapprove of them because they get good things easily. (mainly BRIT) Even the presidency was handed to him on a plate. PHRASE: V inflects c darkgreen]disapproval ...
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~1 n 1 »FOOD« a) a flat and usually round dish that you eat from or serve food from (The plates were piled high with rice. | a dinner plate | clear/empty your plate (=eat everything on your plate)) b) also plateful the amount of food that is on a plate + of (He's eaten a whole plate of french fries.) 2 »SIGN« a) a flat piece of metal with words or numbers on it, for example on a door or a car (The plate on the door said `Dr Rackman'. | A plate below the statue indicated that it had been donated by the artist. | number/licence/registration plate (=on a car)) (Did anyone see the car's license plate?) (- see also Lplate, nameplate) b) plates the flat pieces of metal on a car which give information about who the car belongs to or which country it is from 3 have a lot on your plate informal to have a lot of problems to deal with or a lot of things to worry about 4 hand sth to sb on a plate informal to let someone have what they want without making them work to achieve it (Liverpool virtually handed the game to United on a plate.) 5 »PROTECTIVE COVERING« a) technical one of the thin sheets of bone, horn etc that covers and protects the outside of an animal (The reptile's body is covered with horny protective plates.) b) a thin sheet of metal used to protect something (steel plates used in the construction of ships) 6 »EARTH'S SURFACE« technical one of the very large sheets of rock that form the surface of the Earth (- see also plate tectonics) 7 »GOLD/SILVER ETC« a) gold/silver etc plate ordinary metal with a thin covering of gold, silver etc b) articles such as plates, cups, forks or knives made of gold or silver 8 »FOR COOKING« especially BrE a metal ring on an electric cooker that you put pans on when cooking 9 »PICTURES/PHOTOS« a) a sheet of metal that has been cut or treated in some way so that words or pictures can be printed from its surface b) a picture in a book, printed on good-quality paper and usually coloured c) technical a thin sheet of glass used especially in the past in photography,...