Inside the Universes

[home_plate.n.01] as in: (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score

[plate.n.02] as in: a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic

[plate.n.03] as in: a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)

[plate.n.04] as in: dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten

[plate.n.05] as in: the quantity contained in a plate

[plate.n.06] as in: a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly

[plate.n.07] as in: the thin under portion of the forequarter

[plate.n.08] as in: a main course served on a plate

[plate.n.09] as in: any flat platelike body structure or part

[plate.n.10] as in: the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube

[plate.n.11] as in: a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded

[plate.n.12] as in: structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage

[plate.n.13] as in: a shallow receptacle for collection in church

[plate.n.14] as in: a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)

[denture.n.01] as in: a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth

[plate.v.01] as in: coat with a layer of metal

					plate (English)
└── plate (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
    └── plata (Latin)