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plates - noun

  • (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
  • a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
  • a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
  • dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
  • the quantity contained in a plate
  • a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
  • the thin under portion of the forequarter
  • a main course served on a plate
  • any flat platelike body structure or part
  • the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
  • a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
  • structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
  • a shallow receptacle for collection in church
  • a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
  • a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth

    • plates - thesaurus

    denture   home   plateful   scale   shell  

    Scrabble score for plates

    p is 3 l is 1 a is 1 t is 1 e is 1 s is 1
    Scrabble score = 8

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