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• plate — n. dish 1) a cake; dinner; salad; soup plate denture 2) a dental; lower; upper plate tag 3) a license (AE), number (BE) plate thin layer 4) armor; silver plate container passed around for donations of money 5) to pass the plate 6) a collection… …   Combinatory dictionary

• plate n — A man went to his dentist because he feels something wrong in his mouth. The dentist examines him and says, That new upper plate I put in four you six months ago is eroding. What have you been eating? The man replies, All I can think of is that… …   English expressions

• upper jewel — noun : a jewel bearing set into the bridge, cock, or upper plate of a watch …   Useful english dictionary

• plate tectonics — plate tectonic, adj. Geol. a theory of global tectonics in which the lithosphere is divided into a number of crustal plates, each of which moves on the plastic asthenosphere more or less independently to collide with, slide under, or move past… …   Universalium

• Plate armour — is personal armour made from large metal plates, worn on the chest and sometimes the entire body. History Plate armour protecting the chest and the lower limbs was used by the ancient Greeks and Romans, but it fell into disuse after the collapse… …   Wikipedia

• upper lateral — Plate of some cirriped shells. See: latus (upper) f [Moore and McCormick, 1969] …   Crustacea glossary

• plate rail — n. a shelflike molding along the upper part of a wall of a room, for holding ornamental plates, etc …   English World dictionary

• Plate tectonics — The tectonic plates of the world were mapped in the second half of the 20th century …   Wikipedia

• Plate number coil — A plate number coil (PNC) is a United States postage stamp with the number of the printing plate or plates printed on it. The plate number typically appears as one or more small digits in the margin at the bottom of the stamp. The plate number… …   Wikipedia

• upper — upper1 /up euhr/, adj. 1. higher, as in place, position, pitch, or in a scale: the upper stories of a house; the upper register of a singer s voice. 2. superior, as in rank, dignity, or station. 3. (of places) at a higher level, more northerly,… …   Universalium

• upper — I up•per [[t]ˈʌp ər[/t]] adj. 1) higher, as in place, position, pitch, or in a scale: the upper stories of a house[/ex] 2) superior, as in rank, dignity, or station 3) (of places) at a higher level, more northerly, or farther from the sea: upper… …   From formal English to slang