# plates

Pronunciation: say "PLAYTS" /pleɪts/

## Noun

1. Plural of plate. — plural of plate
   - Simple: Plural of plate. Use this form when you mean more than one plate.
   - _He carried a tall pile of plates from the kitchen to the dining room._
   - _The museum displayed several decorated ceramic plates from the dynasty._
2. The flat metal signs attached to the front and rear of a vehicle that display its registration number.
   - Simple: The flat metal signs on a car that show its registration number.
   - _Thieves had swapped the plates to disguise the stolen vehicle._
   - _She ordered custom plates with her initials on them._

## Verb

3. Third-person singular simple present of plate. — third-person singular simple present indicative of plate
   - Simple: Third-person singular simple present of plate. Use this form with he, she, or it.
   - _She plates each course with careful attention to color and balance._
   - _The factory plates the steel fittings to protect them from rust._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/plates (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).