Plate is a flat dish, typically circular and made of china, from which food is eaten or served.
Other meanings of plate include:
1. A thin, flat sheet of metal or other material
2. In photography, the light-sensitive coating on film
3. In geology, the rigid outer layer of the Earth (tectonic plates)
4. In dentistry, a dental plate or denture
5. In baseball, home plate
6. In printing, a plate used for printing