Plate

Plate may refer to:

Cooking

Plate (dishware), broad, mainly flat vessel commonly used to serve food
Plates, tableware, 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, forequarter cut of beef

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

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

Plate, physical approximation of a theoretical plate in separation processes
Plate electrode, type of electrode used in vacuum tubes
Plate (structure), concept used in continuum mechanics as part of the plate theory
Plate trick, 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

Anchor plate, 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, vertical component used in building construction

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

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

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

Home plate, 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, flat, heavy object, usually made of iron, used in strength training or weightlifting