(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score

a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic

a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)

dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten

the quantity contained in a plate

a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly

the thin under portion of the forequarter

a main course served on a plate

any flat platelike body structure or part

the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube

a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded

structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage

a shallow receptacle for collection in church

a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)

a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth

coat with a layer of metal

specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire

specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire

glass formed into large thin sheets

a plate of iron

a rack for holding plates to dry after they have been washed

rail or narrow shelf fixed to a wall to display plates

the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust

the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust

a relatively flat highland

having distinct longitudinal stripes: of Colorado Plateau from Arizona to western Colorado

the quantity contained in a plate

a workman who lays and repairs railroad tracks

tiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood; essential for blood clotting

platelets are separated from whole blood and the rest is returned to the donor

as the hard flattened scales of e.g. sharks

work table of a machine tool

the flat plate of a printing press that presses the paper against the type

the roller on a typewriter against which the keys strike

a skilled worker who coats articles with a film of metal (usually silver or gold)