Plates is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for PLATES in dictionary:

VERB:
• PLATE, to cover with a thin layer of metal
• cover (a metal object) with a thin coating of a different metal.
• cover (an object) with plates of metal for decoration, protection, or strength
• serve or arrange (food) on a plate or plates
• score or cause to score (a run or runs)
• inoculate (cells or infective material) on to a culture plate, especially with the object of isolating a particular strain of microorganisms or estimating viable cell numbers.
NOUN:
• a flat dish, typically circular and made of china, from which food is eaten or served
• an amount of food on a plate
• a main course of a meal, served on one plate
• a plate of food contributed by a guest to a social gathering
• a dish passed round a church congregation in order to collect donations of money
• a shallow glass dish on which a culture of cells or microorganisms may be grown
• dishes, bowls, cups, and other utensils made of gold, silver, or other metal
• a silver or gold dish or trophy awarded as a prize in a race or competition
• a race or competition in which a silver or gold dish or trophy is awarded
• a thin, flat sheet or strip of metal or other material, typically one used to join or strengthen things or forming part of a machine
• a small, flat piece of metal or other material bearing a name or inscription and attached to a door or other object
• a horizontal timber laid along the top of a wall to support the ends of joists or rafters.
• a light horseshoe for a racehorse.
• a thin, flat organic structure or formation
• a sheet of metal, plastic, or other material bearing an image of type or illustrations from which multiple copies are printed
• a printed photograph, picture, or illustration, especially one on superior-quality paper in a book
• a thin sheet of metal, glass, or other substance coated with a light-sensitive film on which an image is formed, used in larger or older types of camera.
• a complete denture or orthodontic appliance.
• a thin piece of metal that acts as an electrode in a capacitor, battery, or cell.
• the anode of a thermionic valve.
• each of the several rigid pieces of the earth's lithosphere which together make up the earth's surface.
• a thin piece of plastic moulded to the shape of a person's mouth and gums, to which artificial teeth or another orthodontic appliance are attached.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to coat with a thin layer of metal

Words related to PLATES

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Words that contain PLATES

implates12 replates10 bedplates14 endplates12 hotplates14 omoplates13 platesful14 templates13 tinplates11 toeplates11 vamplates16 backplates20 baseplates14 biteplates14 bookplates18 doorplates13 drawplates16 faceplates17 fishplates18 footplates15 heelplates15 hourplates15 nameplates14 soleplates12 kickplates22 chainplates18 terneplates13 boilerplates16 breastplates16 contemplates18 copperplates20 fingerplates18 numberplates18 electroplates17 scratchplates22

How to use PLATES in a sentence

• Here, take this horrible mess away! Pour the contents of your plates back into the pot, boys, and put the plates together.
• This work contains 30 Quarto Plates, three of which are highly finished in colours, restored accurately from the existing indications.
• He, however, did not wish to press the case, if the plates and stock were destroyed, and Mr.
• Adelia, with a tray of used plates, encountered the son of the house as he passed through the kitchen on his return, and her eyes were those of one who looks upon miracles.
• They are thin plates or sheets of cells lying in between the other wood cells.
• To save this they are packed into strong canvas bags and subjected to pressure between the plates of a powerful hydraulic press.
• When they arrived here, the plates and other principal parts of the locks were no longer in the box.
• In one of the most frequently used types, the mass is poured into circular steel pots, the top and bottom of which are loose perforated plates lined with felt pads.
• As to the maximum wind pressure on small plates normal to the wind, there is not much doubt.
• The Gibbs house, built in 1752, which is shown by several plates, is also very attractive.
• This has generally been taken for granted, but there are some reasons to doubt the correctness of this conclusion as regards a number of plates and possibly one entire codex.
• And then, to wit, on the last day mentioned, the angel of the Lord delivered into his hands the records mentioned, which were engraved on plates which had the appearance of gold.
• The body shields of the head pass gradually into the dorsal plates.
• Previous to 1810, there are upwards of seventy plates to papers of Sir E.
• Since 1810, there have occurred 187 plates attached to papers of the same author.
• Secure a number of glass plates of the size that will fit your lantern and clean them on both sides.
• Of the exquisite plates engraved for this book by James Sowerby, note is taken in the close of next chapter.
• The first job was to boil water and wash the plates on which she amused herself by tracing the remains of quite half a dozen different meals.

Similar words containing PLATE without suffix s

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