A plate used to serve the side dish. / The side dish itself.

A plate heated by hot water contained in a double bottom or jacket.

plural of water plate

Alternative form of kickplate

(botany) A structure of tiny apertures present in adjacent sieve walls that enable the movement of fluids inside the phloem.

sheet glass; a type of glass, initially produced in plane form, commonly used for windows, windshields, etc.

Alternative form of license plate

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, plate. / (of one or more matters of concern) To be dealt with or handled.

(anatomy) A layer of compact bone that overlies the spongiosa of the alveolar process on the mandible and maxilla.

(engineering) A rotary disk with spiral ribs or grooves, by which several pieces, such as the jaws of a chuck, can be brought together or spread radially.