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

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.

(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.

Any of the circular conducting metal plates in a Bitter electromagnet.

A dish designed to serve cake.

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

(photography) Synonym of fogged plate

A horse race after which the winning horse is auctioned off.

(historical) A plate prepared by a mechanical process, especially a photomechanical process.

(photography) A plate whose film retains its sensitivity only while wet. The film used in such plates is of collodion impregnated with bromides and iodides. Before exposure the plate is immersed in a solution of silver nitrate, and immediately after exposure it is developed and fixed.