Meaning & use
plate
A flat, typically round dish used for holding or serving food.
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She stacked the clean plates in the cupboard after drying them by hand.
He served himself a plate piled high with rice, vegetables, and grilled chicken.
A note on using this word
In geology, plate refers to one of the huge rigid sections of Earth's crust that move slowly over the mantle.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
One of the large rigid sections of the Earth's crust that move slowly over the mantle.
The earthquake occurred where two tectonic plates grind against each other along a fault line.
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