plate: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 7 letter points · starts with P · ends with E
Meaning of plate
noun
- countable, uncountable
A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten.
Example: I filled my plate from the bountiful table.
- uncountable
Such dishes collectively.
Example: A valuable collection of silver plate was donated to the museum.
- countable, uncountable
The contents of such a dish.
Example: I ate a plate of beans.
- countable, uncountable
A course at a meal.
Example: The meat plate was particularly tasty.
Listed forms: plates.
Source: Wiktionary — plate.
verb
- transitive
To cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material, usually a metal.
Example: This ring is plated with a thin layer of gold.
- transitive
To place the various elements of a meal on the diner's plate prior to serving.
Example: After preparation, the chef will plate the dish.
- transitive
To score a run.
Example: The single plated the runner from second base.
- transitive
To arm or defend with metal plates.
Listed forms: plates, plating, plated.
Source: Wiktionary — plate.
noun
- uncountable, usually
Precious metal, especially silver.
Listed forms: plates.
Source: Wiktionary — plate.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for plate.
noun
(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
- home plate
- home base
- home
noun
the quantity contained in a plate
noun
a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
- crustal plate
noun
a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
- photographic plate
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is plate in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of plate
P(3) + L(1) + A(1) + T(1) + E(1) = 7 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of plate
4 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from plate
40 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in plate. Showing up to 24, longest first.