A tectonic plate which roughly runs along the shores of the Arabian Peninsula towards the south, the Egyptian Sinai, Mandatory Palestine and Lebanon towards the west, the Levantine towards the north, and the Persian Gulf towards east.

(photography) A glass plate having a dry coating sensitive to light, upon which photographic negatives or pictures can be made, without moistening.

sheet iron before it is tinned.

(engineering) A solid covering over a part of a fire grate, to prevent the entrance of air through that part.

A dish designed to serve cake.

Any of a set of colored plates each containing a pattern of dots of various colors and sizes, forming a number or shape clearly visible to those with normal color vision; used in testing for color blindness.

plural of Ishihara plate

(construction) A piece of timber laid horizontally in or on a wall as a support for a girder, rafter, or joist. / A plate mounted to a wall as a housing.

(Australia, auto) A sale of cars from the previous year.

plural of veiled plate