(anatomy) A plate of hyaline cartilage in the metaphysis at each end of a long bone, where new bone growth takes place.

Synonym of epiphyseal plate

plural of plate-carrier

A kind of bulletproof vest. / (photography, historical) A thin black frame used to hold a photographic plate in early cameras.

(sound recording, sound engineering) A metal plate used in a plate reverb device.

Another term for reverb plate.

(sound recording, sound engineering, countable) An electromechanical device used to produce a reverb sound effect, in which an electrical audio signal is made to vibrate a metal plate, and sensors attached to the plate pick up its reverberations.

simple past tense and past participle of plate up

To dish out or place food on a plate prior to serving.

(anatomy) Either of two vertical plates making up a pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone.