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 Dentures (also known as false teeth) are prosthetic devices constructed to replace missing teeth, and are supported by the surrounding soft and hard tissues of the oral cavity. Conventional dentures are removable (removable partial denture or ...

, also known as dentures *

Dynamic compression plate A dynamic compression plate (DCP) is a metallic plate used in orthopedics for internal fixation of bone, typically after fractures. As the name implies, it is designed to exert dynamic pressure between the bone fragments to be transfixed. Dynamic ...

, a metallic plate used in orthopedics to fix bone *

Microtiter plate A microplate, also known as a microtiter plate (''Microtiter'' is a registered trademark in the United States, therefore it should not be used generically without attribution), microwell plate or multiwell, is a flat plate with multiple "wells" ...

(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)