Plate may refer to:

Cooking

Plate (dishware) A plate is a broad, mainly flat vessel on which food can be served. A plate can also be used for ceremonial or decorative purposes. Most plates are circular, but they may be any shape, or made of any water-resistant material. Generally plate ...

, a broad, mainly flat vessel commonly used to serve food * Plates,

tableware Tableware is any dish or dishware used for setting a table, serving food, and dining. It includes cutlery, glassware, serving dishes, and other items for practical as well as decorative purposes. The quality, nature, variety and number of o ...

, dishes or dishware used for setting a table, serving food and dining * Plate, the content of such a plate (for example: rice plate) * Plate, to present food, on a plate * Plate, a forequarter cut of beef

Places

* Plate, Germany, a municipality in Parchim, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany * River Plate (disambiguation) * Tourelle de la Plate, a lighthouse in France

Science and technology

Biology and medicine

Plate (anatomy) A plate in animal anatomy may refer to several things: Flat bones (examples: bony plates, dermal plates) of vertebrates * an appendage of the Stegosauria group of dinosaurs * articulated armoured plates covering the head of thorax of Placoder ...

, several meanings * Dental plate, also known as dentures * Dynamic compression plate, a metallic plate used in orthopedics to fix bone * Microtiter plate (or microplate or microwell plate), a flat plate with multiple "wells" used as small test tubes * Petri dish or Petri plate, a shallow dish on which biological cultures may be grown and/or viewed

Geology

* Tectonic plate, are pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle, together referred to as the lithosphere ** Plate tectonics, the study of the movement of such plates

Physics

* Plate, a physical approximation of a theoretical plate in separation processes * Plate electrode, a type of electrode used in vacuum tubes * Plate (structure), a concept used in continuum mechanics as part of the plate theory * Plate trick, a mathematical demonstration of quaternions and particle spins * Wilhelmy plate, used to measure tension at an interface between air and a liquid or between two liquids

Construction

* Anchor plate, a large plate connected to a tie rod or bolt for structural reinforcement * Sill plate, the bottom horizontal member of a wall or building to which vertical members are attached * Wall plate, a vertical component used in building construction

Electronics

* Anodes, electrodes used in vacuum tubes (thermionic valves) and similar devices

Printing and photography

* Photographic plate, a medium from which a photograph may be developed **Plate camera, an early type of camera that used photographic plates * Printing plate, a printing medium: ** Plate, in Intaglio (printmaking), the direct opposite of a relief print ** Plate, in lithography, a method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water ** Plate, a (part of a) "tipped-in page", a separately-printed page in a book used to carry one or more images

Transportation

* Approach plate, a chart used by a pilot to perform an instrument approach and landing on a runway * Plate B, Plate C, ... , Plate H, different loading gauges used on North American railroads

Metal plates

* Plate (metal), a rectangular flat metal stock that is more than 6 mm or 0.25 in thick, not as thin as sheet metal ** Plate, an element of a folding machine ** Plate armour, a body armor made from metal plates ** Vehicle registration plate (license plate), a sign attached to a vehicle in order to identify it *** L-plate (learner plate), a sign attached to a vehicle to indicate that the driver has a provisional driving license * Plated, item with a deposition of metallic layers

Sport

* Home plate, a location on a baseball field * Several trophies, e.g., ** Annapolis Subscription Plate, in horse racing ** County Championship Plate, in rugby union ** Mandela Challenge Plate, in rugby union * Weight plate, a flat, heavy object, usually made of iron, used in strength training or weightlifting

Other uses

* Plate (surname) * Plate, in heraldry, a Roundel (heraldry), Roundel ''argent'' (white/silver)