| inglese > italiano | |
| plate | |
| 1. sost. piatto, scudo | |
| 2. sost. (araldica) bisante (d'argento) | |
| inglese > inglese | |
| plate | |
| 1. subst. A flat dish from which food is served or eaten. |  |
| I filled my plate from the bountiful table. |  |
| 2. subst. Such dishes collectively. |  |
| 3. subst. The contents of such a dish. |  |
| I ate a plate of beans. |  |
| 4. subst. A course at a meal. |  |
| The meat plate was particularly tasty. |  |
| 5. subst. (figuratively) An agenda of tasks, problems, or responsibilities |  |
| With revenues down and transfer payments up, the legislature has a full plate. |  |
| 6. subst. A flat metallic object of uniform thickness. |  |
| A clutch usually has two plates. |  |
| 7. subst. A vehicle license plate. |  |
| He stole a car and changed the plates as soon as he could. |  |
| 8. subst. A layer of a material on the surface of something, usually qualified by the type of the material; plating |  |
| The bullets just bounced off the steel plate on its hull. |  |
| 9. subst. A material covered with such a layer. |  |
| If you're not careful, someone will sell you silverware that's really only silver plate. |  |
| 10. subst. (dated) A decorative or food service item coated with silver. |  |
| The tea was served in the plate. |  |
| 11. subst. (weightlifting) A weighted disk, usually of metal, with a hole in the center for use with a barbell, dumbbell, or exercise machine. |  |
| 12. subst. (printing) An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper. |  |
| We finished making the plates this morning. |  |
| 13. subst. (printing, photography) An image or copy. |  |
| 14. subst. (printing, publishing) An illustration in a book, either black and white, or colour, usually on a page of paper of different quality from the text pages. |  |
| 15. subst. (dentistry) A shaped and fitted surface, usually ceramic or metal that fits into the mouth and in which teeth are implanted; a dental plate. |  |
| 16. subst. (construction) A horizontal framing member at the top or bottom of a group of vertical studs. |  |
| 17. subst. (Cockney rhyming slang) A foot, from "plates of meat". |  |
| Sit down and give your plates a rest. |  |
| 18. subst. (baseball) Home plate. |  |
| There was a close play at the plate. |  |
| 19. subst. (geology) A tectonic plate. |  |
| 20. subst. (historical) Plate armour. |  |
| He was confronted by two knights in full plate. |  |
| 21. subst. (herpetology) Any of various larger scales found in some reptiles. |  |
| 22. subst. (engineering, electricity) A flat electrode such as can be found in an accumulator battery, or in an electrolysis tank. |  |
| 23. subst. (engineering, electricity) The anode of a vacuum tube. |  |
| Regulating the oscillator plate voltage greatly improves the keying. |  |
| 24. subst. (obsolete) A coin, usually a silver coin. |  |
| 25. subst. (heraldic charge) A roundel of silver or tinctured argent. |  |
| 26. subst. A prize given to the winner in a contest. |  |
| 27. subst. (chemistry) Any flat piece of material such as coated glass or plastic. |  |
| 28. subst. (aviation, travel industry, dated) A metallic card, used to imprint tickets with an airline's logo, name, and numeric code. |  |
| 29. subst. (aviation, travel industry, by extension) The ability of a travel agent to issue tickets on behalf of a particular airline. |  |
| 30. subst. (Australia) A VIN plate, particularly with regard to the car's year of manufacture. |  |
| 31. subst. One of the thin parts of the brisket of an animal. |  |
| 32. subst. A very light steel horseshoe for racehorses. |  |
| 33. subst. (furriers' slang) Skins for fur linings of garments, sewn together and roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted. |  |
| 34. subst. (hat-making) The fine nap (as of beaver, musquash, etc.) on a hat whose body is made from inferior material. |  |
| 35. subst. (music) A record, usually vinyl. |  |
| 36. v. To cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material, usually a metal. |  |
| This ring is plated with a thin layer of gold. |  |
| 37. v. To place the various elements of a meal on the diner's plate prior to serving. |  |
| After preparation, the chef will plate the dish. |  |
| 38. v. (baseball) To score a run. |  |
| The single plated the runner from second base. |  |
| 39. v. (aviation, travel industry) To specify which airline a ticket will be issued on behalf of. |  |
| Tickets are normally plated on an itinerary's first international airline. |  |
| 40. subst. Precious metal, especially silver. |  |
| italiano > inglese | |
| piatto | |
| 1. adj. flat |  |
| 2. subst. plate |  |
| 3. subst. dish (object or food item) |  |
| 4. subst. (musical instruments) cymbal |  |
| 5. subst. platter, turntable |  |