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  • 11plate — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from plate, feminine of plat flat, from Vulgar Latin *plattus, probably from Greek platys broad, flat more at place Date: 14th century 1. a. a smooth flat thin piece of material b. (1) forged …

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  • 12plate — plate1 [ pleıt ] noun *** ▸ 1 flat round dish ▸ 2 metal/bone/etc. cover ▸ 3 for showing information ▸ 4 thin silver/gold layer ▸ 5 (for printing) in book ▸ 6 for teeth ▸ 7 part of Earth s surface ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count a flat round dish that you… …

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  • 13plate — I UK [pleɪt] / US noun Word forms plate : singular plate plural plates *** 1) [countable] a flat round dish that you put food on Rinse the plates before putting them in the dishwasher. paper plates a) plate or plateful the amount of food that a… …

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  • 14plate — I. /pleɪt / (say playt) noun 1. a shallow, usually circular dish, now usually of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten. 2. a service of food for one person at the table. 3. an entire course: a cold plate. 4. a plate of sandwiches,… …

  • 15plate — plate1 plateless, adj. platelike, adj. /playt/, n., v., plated, plating. n. 1. a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten. 2. the contents of such a dish; plateful. 3. an entire course of a meal… …

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  • 16plate — [[t]pleɪt[/t]] n. v. plat•ed, plat•ing 1) a shallow, usu. circular dish from which food is eaten 2) the contents of such a dish; plateful 3) an entire course of a meal served on such a dish: a vegetable plate[/ex] 4) the food and service for one… …

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  • 17plate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. platter, dish, utensil, tray; slab, sheet, planch; coating, veneer, coat; denture. See receptacle, layer. v. t. overlay, laminate; gild, silver, platinize; veneer; electroplate. See covering, layer.… …

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  • 18full — adj. 1 holding/containing as much as it will hold VERBS ▪ be, look, seem ▪ become, get ▪ The garage is getting full of junk again. ADVERB …

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  • 19plate is full — too much to do, cannot do any more    I m busy writing exams. My plate is full …

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  • 20Full Leather Jacket — Infobox Television episode | Title = Full Leather Jacket Series = The Sopranos Season = 2 Episode = 21 Guests= see below Airdate = March 5, 2000 (HBO) Production = 207 (2 8) Writer = Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess Director = Allen Coulter… …

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