A lizard from the family Gerrhosauridae, native to Africa.

simple past tense and past participle of plate up

simple past tense and past participle of plate out

(baseball) A flat, pentagonal, rubber object placed at the center of the batter's box, which is used as a basis for judging pitched strikes and balls, and the touching of which by a runner advancing from or past third base scores a run.

Metallic armour made of large pieces or plates.

(Cockney rhyming slang) The feet.

A thin layer of silver applied to the surface of an object made of another metal.

Alternative spelling of silver-plate.

(humorous) Pronunciation spelling of s'il vous plaît.

An early form of photographic material in which the photosensitive emulsion was applied to a glass plate; latterly only used by astronomers.