plater

plater
plate ► NOUN 1) a flat dish from which food is eaten or served. 2) bowls, cups, and other utensils made of gold or silver. 3) a thin, flat piece of metal used to join or strengthen or forming part of a machine. 4) a small, flat piece of metal bearing a name or inscription and fixed to a wall or door. 5) a sheet of metal or other material bearing an image of type or illustrations, from which multiple copies are printed. 6) a printed photograph or illustration in a book. 7) Botany & Zoology a thin, flat organic structure or formation. 8) Geology each of the several rigid pieces of the earth's lithosphere which together make up the earth's surface. 9) a horizontal timber laid along the top of a wall to support the ends of joists or rafters.
► VERB ▪ cover (a metal object) with a thin coating of a different metal.
● be handed something on a plate — Cf. ↑be handed something on a plate
● on one's plate — Cf. ↑on one's plate
DERIVATIVES plater noun.
ORIGIN from Old French plat 'platter' or plate 'sheet of metal' , from Greek platus 'flat' .

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