To plate a metal with a layer of chromium

A plate or other container passed among the worshipers attending a Christian church service, into which donations of money are placed.

A plastic square consisting of a large letter L, placed on the front and rear of a vehicle to indicate that the driver is a learner. / (by extension, informal) The condition of being a novice or learner.

(nautical) A plate (usually metal) attached horizontally near the top of the lower mast of a square rigged ship in order to secure the topmast. Rigging runs both upwards (topmast rigging) and downwards (futtock shrouds) to maintain stability.

(physics, chemistry) A plate or tray in a distillation column that produces the best possible difference between the liquid and vapour phases in equilibrium with it; the equivalent concept in a fractionating column packed with beads or rings

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hot, plate. / Alternative form of hotplate

(nautical) a cover over a hawsehole, used to keep spray out of the chain locker and prevent deckhands from stepping into the hawsehole.

plural of plate appearance

Alternative form of dinnerplate

To apply gold plate to an object, to plate with gold. / (of projects) To incorporate costly or otherwise excessive features or refinements unnecessarily, to overengineer.