plate

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
  2. noun a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
  3. noun a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)

Etymology

From Middle English plate, from Old French plate, from Medieval Latin plata, from Vulgar Latin *plat(t)us, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “broad, flat, wide”). Compare Spanish plato. (foot): Cockney rhyming slang, from "plates of meat" for "feet".

In classic literature

Synonyms

home plate, home base, home

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