Synonyms of the word

plate

• n. A flat dish from which food is served or eaten.
• n. (uncountable) Such dishes collectively.
• n. The contents of such a dish.
• n. A course at a meal.
• n. (figuratively) An agenda of tasks, problems, or responsibilities.
• n. A flat metallic object of uniform thickness.
• n. A vehicle license plate.
• n. A layer of a material on the surface of something, usually qualified by the type of the material; plating.
• n. A material covered with such a layer.
• n. (dated) A decorative or food service item coated with silver.
• n. (weightlifting) A weighted disk, usually of metal, with a hole in the center for use with a barbell, dumbbell,…
• n. (printing) An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper.
• n. (printing, photography) An image or copy.
• n. (printing, publishing) An illustration in a book, either black and white, or colour, usually on a page…
• n. (dentistry) A shaped and fitted surface, usually ceramic or metal that fits into the mouth and in which…
• n. (construction) A horizontal framing member at the top or bottom of a group of vertical studs.
• n. (Cockney rhyming slang) A foot, from "plates of meat".
• n. (baseball) Home plate.
• n. (geology) A tectonic plate.
• n. (historical) Plate armour.
• n. (herpetology) Any of various larger scales found in some reptiles.
• n. (engineering, electricity) A flat electrode such as can be found in an accumulator battery, or in an electrolysis…
• n. (engineering, electricity) The anode of a vacuum tube.
• n. (obsolete) A coin, usually a silver coin.
• n. (heraldic charge) A roundel of silver or tinctured argent.
• n. A prize given to the winner in a contest.
• n. (chemistry) Any flat piece of material such as coated glass or plastic.
• n. (aviation, travel industry, dated) A metallic card, used to imprint tickets with an airline's logo, name,…
• n. (aviation, travel industry, by extension) The ability of a travel agent to issue tickets on behalf of…
• n. (Australia) A VIN plate, particularly with regard to the car's year of manufacture.
• n. One of the thin parts of the brisket of an animal.
• n. A very light steel horseshoe for racehorses.
• n. (furriers' slang) Skins for fur linings of garments, sewn together and roughly shaped, but not finally…
• n. (hat-making) The fine nap (as of beaver, musquash, etc.) on a hat whose body is made from inferior material.
• n. (music) A record, usually vinyl.
• v. To cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material, usually a metal.
• v. To place the various elements of a meal on the diner's plate prior to serving.
• v. To perform cunnilingus.
• v. (baseball) To score a run.
• v. (aviation, travel industry) To specify which airline a ticket will be issued on behalf of.
• n. Precious metal, especially silver.

anode

• n. (electricity) An electrode, of a cell or other electrically polarized device, through which a positive…
• n. (chemistry, by extension) The electrode at which chemical oxidation of anions takes place, usually resulting…
• n. (electronics) The electrode which collects electrons emitted by the cathode in a vacuum tube or gas-filled…
• n. (electronics) That electrode of a semiconductor device which is connected to the p-type material of a…

bag

• n. A flexible container made of cloth, paper, plastic, etc.
• n. (informal) A handbag.
• n. A suitcase.
• n. A schoolbag, especially a backpack.
• n. One’s preference.
• n. (derogatory) An ugly woman.
• n. (baseball) The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.
• n. (baseball) First, second, or third base.
• n. (preceded by "the") A breathalyzer, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure…
• n. (mathematics) A collection of objects, disregarding order, but (unlike a set) in which elements may be…
• n. A sac in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance.
• n. A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament.
• n. The quantity of game bagged in a hunt.
• n. (slang, vulgar) A scrotum.
• n. (Britain) A unit of measure of cement equal to 94 pounds.
• v. To put into a bag.
• v. (informal) To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.
• v. To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.
• v. (transitive) To furnish or load with a bag.
• v. (slang, African American Vernacular) To bring a woman one met on the street with one.
• v. (slang, African American Vernacular) To laugh uncontrollably.
• v. (Australia, slang) To criticise sarcastically.
• v. (medicine) To provide artificial ventilation with a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To swell or hang down like a full bag.
• v. To hang like an empty bag.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To swell with arrogance.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To become pregnant.

base

• n. Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
• n. The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.
• n. A permanent structure for housing military personnel and material.
• n. The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.
• n. (cooking, painting, pharmacy) A basic but essential component or ingredient.
• n. A substance used as a mordant in dyeing.
• n. (cosmetics) Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform.
• n. (chemistry) Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds, having bitter taste, that turn red litmus…
• n. Important areas in games and sports.
• n. (architecture) The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement.
• n. (biology, biochemistry) A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer.
• n. (botany) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support.
• n. (electronics) The name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).
• n. (geometry) The lowest side of a in a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid…
• n. (heraldry) The lowest third of a shield or escutcheon.
• n. (heraldry) The lower part of the field. See escutcheon.
• n. (mathematics) A number raised to the power of an exponent.
• n. (mathematics) Synonym of radix.
• n. (topology) The set of sets from which a topology is generated.
• n. (topology) A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles.
• n. (acrobatics, cheerleading) In hand-to-hand balance, the person who supports the flyer; the person that…
• n. (linguistics) A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached.
• n. (music) Dated form of bass.
• n. (military, historical) The smallest kind of cannon.
• n. (archaic) The housing of a horse.
• n. (historical, in the plural) A kind of skirt (often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armour)…
• n. (obsolete) The lower part of a robe or petticoat.
• n. (obsolete) An apron.
• n. A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from…
• v. (transitive) To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.
• v. (transitive) To be located (at a particular place).
• v. (acrobatics, cheerleading) To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer.
• adj. (obsolete) Low in height; short.
• adj. Low in place or position.
• adj. (obsolete) Of low value or degree.
• adj. (archaic) Of low social standing or rank; vulgar, common.
• adj. Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.
• adj. (now rare) Inferior; unworthy, of poor quality.
• adj. Designating those metals which are not classed as precious or noble.
• adj. Alloyed with inferior metal; debased.
• adj. (obsolete) Of illegitimate birth; bastard.
• adj. Not classical or correct.
• adj. Obsolete form of bass.
• adj. (law) Not held by honourable service.
• n. (now chiefly US, historical) The game of prisoners' bars.
• acr. Alternative form of BASE.

coat

• n. (countable) An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.^Wp.
• n. (countable) A covering of material, such as paint.^Wp.
• n. (countable) The fur or feathers covering an animal's skin.^Wp.
• n. (uncountable, nautical) Canvas painted with thick tar and secured round a mast or bowsprit to prevent…
• n. (obsolete) A petticoat.
• n. The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.
• n. A coat of arms.^Wp.
• n. A coat card.
• v. To cover with a coat of some material.
• v. To cover as a coat.

containerful

• n. As much as a container can hold.

crust

• n. A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.
• n. The external layer of most types of bread.
• n. An outer layer composed of pastry.
• n. The bread-like base of a pizza.
• n. (geology) The outermost layer of the lithosphere of the Earth.
• n. The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc.
• n. (uncountable) Nerve, gall.
• n. crust punk (a subgenre of punk music).
• v. (transitive) To cover with a crust.
• v. (intransitive) To form a crust.

denture

• n. a set of teeth, the teeth viewed as a unit.
• n. an artificial replacement of one or more teeth.
• n. (often in the plural) a complete replacement of all teeth in a mouth.

entree

• n. Alternative form of entrée.

flatware

• n. (US) Eating utensils; cutlery, such as forks, knives and spoons.
• n. plates, dishes and other relatively flat crockery.

home

• n. (heading) A dwelling.
• n. One’s native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one’s ancestors dwell or…
• n. The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat;…
• n. (heading) A focus point.
• n. (US, slang) Shortened form of homeboy.
• n. (computing) Clipping of home directory.
• v. (usually with "in on") To seek or aim for something.
• adj. Of or pertaining to one’s dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.
• adj. Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust.
• adv. to home.
• adv. in one's place of residence or one's customary or official location; at home.
• adv. close; closely; to the center; deep.
• adv. (Britain, soccer) into the goal.
• adv. (nautical) into the right, proper or stowed position.

illustration

• n. The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated,…
• n. That which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove…
• n. A picture designed to decorate a volume or elucidate a literary work.
• n. A calculated prevision of insurance premiums and returns (life insurance).

plateful

• n. The quantity contained on a plate.

receptacle

• n. A container.
• n. (botany) The part of the flower stalk (peduncle or pedicel) to which the floral parts are attached; a…
• n. (phycology) A structure at the end of a branch of an alga containing conceptacles (reproductive organs).
• n. (electricity, US) A contact device installed at an outlet for the connection of an attachment plug (typically…

scale

• n. (obsolete) A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending.
• n. An ordered numerical sequence used for measurement.
• n. Size; scope.
• n. The ratio of depicted distance to actual distance.
• n. A line or bar associated with a drawing, used to indicate measurement when the image has been magnified…
• n. A means of assigning a magnitude.
• n. (music) A series of notes spanning an octave, tritave, or pseudo-octave, used to make melodies.
• n. A mathematical base for a numeral system.
• n. Gradation; succession of ascending and descending steps and degrees; progressive series; scheme of comparative…
• v. (transitive) To change the size of something whilst maintaining proportion; especially to change a process…
• v. (transitive) To climb to the top of.
• v. (intransitive, computing) To tolerate significant increases in throughput or other potentially limiting…
• v. (transitive) To weigh, measure or grade according to a scale or system.
• n. Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard pieces of keratin covering the skin of…
• n. A small piece of pigmented chitin, many of which coat the wings of a butterfly or moth to give them their…
• n. A flake of skin of an animal afflicted with dermatitis.
• n. Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard protective layers forming a pinecone that…
• n. The flaky material sloughed off heated metal.
• n. Scale mail (as opposed to chain mail).
• n. Limescale.
• n. A scale insect.
• n. The thin metallic side plate of the handle of a pocketknife.
• v. (transitive) To remove the scales of.
• v. (intransitive) To become scaly; to produce or develop scales.
• v. (transitive) To strip or clear of scale; to descale.
• v. (transitive) To take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth; to pare off, as a surface.
• v. (intransitive) To separate and come off in thin layers or laminae.
• v. (Britain, Scotland, dialect) To scatter; to spread.
• v. (transitive) To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder.
• n. A device to measure mass or weight.
• n. Either of the pans, trays, or dishes of a balance or scales.

sheet

• n. A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
• n. A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping,…
• n. A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.
• n. A thin, flat layer of solid material.
• n. A broad, flat expanse of a material on a surface.
• n. (nautical) A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.
• n. (nautical, nonstandard) A sail.
• n. (curling) The area of ice on which the game of curling is played.
• n. (nonstandard) A layer of veneer.
• n. (figuratively) Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall.
• n. (geology) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
• n. (nautical) The space in the forward or after part of a boat where there are no rowers.
• v. To cover or wrap with cloth, or paper, or other similar material.
• v. Of rain, or other precipitation, to pour heavily.
• v. (nautical) To trim a sail using a sheet.

shell

• n. A hard external covering of an animal.
• n. The hard calcareous covering of a bird egg.
• n. One of the outer layers of skin of an onion.
• n. The hard external covering of various plant seed forms.
• n. The accreted mineral formed around a hollow geode.
• n. The casing of a self-contained single-unit artillery projectile.
• n. A hollow usually spherical or cylindrical projectile fired from a siege mortar or a smoothbore cannon…
• n. The cartridge of a breechloading firearm; a load; a bullet; a round.
• n. Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in,…
• n. A garment, usually worn by women, such as a shirt, blouse, or top, with short sleeves or no sleeves, that…
• n. A coarse or flimsy coffin; a thin interior coffin enclosed within a more substantial one.
• n. (music) A string instrument, as a lyre, whose acoustical chamber is formed like a shell.
• n. (music) The body of a drum; the often wooden, often cylindrical acoustic chamber, with or without rims…
• n. An engraved copper roller used in print works.
• n. (nautical) The watertight outer covering of the hull of a vessel, often made with planking or metal plating.
• n. (nautical, rigging) The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.
• n. (nautical) A light boat whose frame is covered with thin wood, impermeable fabric, or water-proofed paper;…
• n. (computing) An operating system software user interface, whose primary purpose is to launch other programs…
• n. (chemistry) A set of atomic orbitals that have the same principal quantum number.
• n. An emaciated person.
• n. A psychological barrier to social interaction.
• n. (business) A legal entity that has no operations.
• n. A concave rough cast-iron tool in which a convex lens is ground to shape.
• n. (engineering) A gouge bit or shell bit.
• v. To remove the outer covering or shell of something. See sheller.
• v. To bombard, to fire projectiles at, especially with artillery.
• v. (informal) To disburse or give up money, to pay. (Often used with out).
• v. (intransitive) To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.
• v. (intransitive) To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk.
• v. (computing, intransitive) To switch to a shell or command line.
• v. To form shallow, irregular cracks (in a coating).
• v. (topology) To form a shelling.

shield

• n. Anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.
• n. Something shaped like a shield, usually an inverted triangle with slightly curved lower sides.
• n. (geology) A large expanse of exposed stable Precambrian rock.
• n. (figuratively, Scotland, euphemistic, obsolete) A place with a toilet seat: an outhouse; a lavatory.
• v. To protect, to defend.
• v. (electricity) to protect from the influence of.

structure

• n. A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
• n. The underlying shape of a solid.
• n. The overall form or organization of something.
• n. A set of rules defining behaviour.
• n. (computing) Several pieces of data treated as a unit.
• n. (fishing, uncountable) Underwater terrain or objects (such as a dead tree or a submerged car) that tend…
• n. A body, such as a political party, with a cohesive purpose or outlook.
• n. (logic) A set along with a collection of finitary functions and relations.
• v. (transitive) To give structure to; to arrange.

surface

• n. The overside or up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.
• n. The outside hull of a tangible object.
• n. (figuratively) Outward or external appearance.
• n. (mathematics, geometry) The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom)…
• n. (fortification) That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the…
• v. (transitive) To provide something with a surface.
• v. (transitive) To apply a surface to something.
• v. (intransitive) To rise to the surface.
• v. (intransitive) To come out of hiding.
• v. (intransitive) For information or facts to become known.
• v. (intransitive) To work a mine near the surface.
• v. (intransitive) To appear or be found.