plate
verb/pleɪt/
/pleɪt/
[usually passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they plate | /pleɪt/ /pleɪt/ |
| he / she / it plates | /pleɪts/ /pleɪts/ |
| past simple plated | /ˈpleɪtɪd/ /ˈpleɪtɪd/ |
| past participle plated | /ˈpleɪtɪd/ /ˈpleɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form plating | /ˈpleɪtɪŋ/ /ˈpleɪtɪŋ/ |
- to cover a metal with a thin layer of another metal, especially gold or silver
- be plated (with something) a silver ring plated with gold
- platinum-plated jewellery
- to cover something with sheets of metal or another hard substance
- be plated (with something) The walls of the vault were plated with steel.
- nickel-plated wire
- to serve food on a plate
- be plated (up) How the food is plated up is of vital importance in high-end restaurants.
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a flat, thin sheet, usually of metal): from Old French, from medieval Latin plata ‘plate armour’, based on Greek platus ‘flat’. Senses (1) to (3) represent Old French plat ‘platter, large dish’, also ‘dish of meat’, noun use of Old French plat ‘flat’.
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