Disk vs. Plate

A thin, flat, circular object or plate.

A smooth, flat, relatively thin, rigid body of uniform thickness.

Something resembling such an object

A sheet of hammered, rolled, or cast metal.

The disk used in a disc brake.

A very thin applied or deposited coat of metal.

A disk used on a disk harrow.

A flat piece of metal forming part of a machine

A round, flattened structure in a plant or animal, such as an intervertebral disk.

A flat piece of metal on which something is engraved.

(Botany) The central area bearing numerous disk flowers in the flower head of a composite plant such as a daisy.

A license plate

An optical disc, especially a compact disc.

A thin piece of metal used for armor.

A magnetic disk, such as a floppy disk or hard disk.

Armor made of such pieces.

The data stored on such objects.

A sheet of metal, plastic, rubber, paperboard, or other material prepared for use as a printing surface, such as an electrotype or a stereotype.

A phonograph record.

A print of a woodcut, lithograph, or other engraved material, especially when reproduced in a book.

A circular grid in a phototypesetting machine.

A full-page book illustration, often in color and printed on paper different from that used for text pages.

To work (soil) with a disk harrow.

(Photography) A light-sensitive sheet of glass or metal on which a photographic image can be recorded.

To make (a recording) on a phonograph record.

(Dentistry) A thin metallic or plastic support fitted to the gums to anchor artificial teeth.

A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.

(Architecture) In wood-frame construction, a horizontal member that bears a load, as of a roof or a wall.

(figuratively) Something resembling a disk.

(Baseball) Home plate.

(anatomy) An intervertebral disc

A shallow dish in which food is served or from which it is eaten.

(dated) A vinyl phonograph/gramophone record.

The contents of such a dish

(computer hardware) floppy disk - removable magnetic medium or a hard disk - fixed, persistent digital storage.

A whole course served on such a dish.

A disc - either a CD-ROM, an audio CD, a DVD or similar removable storage medium.

Service and food for one person at a meal

(agriculture) A type of harrow.

Household articles, such as hollowware, covered with a precious metal, such as silver or gold.

(botany) A ring- or cup-shaped enlargement of the flower receptacle or ovary that bears nectar or, less commonly, the stamens.

A dish passed among the members of a group or congregation for the collection of offerings.

(agriculture) To harrow.

A dish, cup, or other article of silver or gold offered as a prize.

To move towards, or operate at, zero blade pitch, orienting the propeller blades face-on to the oncoming airstream and maximising the drag generated by the propeller.

A contest, especially a horserace, offering such a prize.

A discus; a quoit.

A thin cut of beef from underneath the ribs, including the diaphragm muscle.

A flat, circular plate; as, a disk of metal or paper.

A thin flat layer or scale, as that of a fish.

The circular figure of a celestial body, as seen projected of the heavens.

A platelike part, organ, or structure, such as that covering some reptiles.

A circular structure either in plants or animals; as, a blood disk; germinal disk, etc.

An electrode, as in a storage battery or capacitor.

The whole surface of a leaf.

The anode in an electron tube.

The anterior surface or oral area of cœlenterate animals, as of sea anemones.

(Geology) See tectonic plate.

Something with a round shape like a flat circular plate

(Informal) A schedule of matters to be dealt with

A flat circular plate

To coat or cover with a thin layer of metal.

Sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous grooves; formerly used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracked in the grooves

To cover with armor plate

(computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored

(Printing) To make a stereotype or electrotype from.

Draw a harrow over (land)

To give a glossy finish to (paper) by pressing between metal sheets or rollers.

To arrange (food) on a plate, as for serving

(Baseball) To cause (a run) to be scored or (a runner) to cross home plate, as by a hit.

A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten.

(uncountable) Such dishes collectively.

The contents of such a dish.

A course at a meal.

(figuratively) An agenda of tasks, problems, or responsibilities

A flat object of uniform thickness.

A vehicle license plate.

A taxi permit, especially of a metal disc.

(historical) Plate armor.

A layer of a material on the surface of something, usually qualified by the type of the material; plating

A material covered with such a layer.

(dated) An ornamental or food service item coated with silver or gold or otherwise decorated.

(weightlifting) A weighted disk, usually of metal, with a hole in the center for use with a barbell, dumbbell, or exercise machine.

(printing) An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper.

An image or copy.

An illustration in a book, either black and white, or colour, usually on a page of paper of different quality from the text pages.

(dentistry) A shaped and fitted surface, usually ceramic or metal that fits into the mouth and in which teeth are implanted; a dental plate.

(construction) A horizontal framing member at the top or bottom of a group of vertical studs.

(Cockney rhyming slang) A foot, from "plates of meat".

(baseball) Home plate.

(geology) A tectonic plate.

(herpetology) Any of various larger scales found in some reptiles.

A flat electrode such as can be found in an accumulator battery, or in an electrolysis tank.

The anode of a vacuum tube.

A prize given to the winner in a contest.

(chemistry) Any flat piece of material such as coated glass or plastic.

A metallic card, used to imprint tickets with an airline's logo, name, and numeric code.

The ability of a travel agent to issue tickets on behalf of a particular airline.

(Australia) A VIN plate, particularly with regard to the car's year of manufacture.

One of the thin parts of the brisket of an animal.

A very light steel horseshoe for racehorses.

(furriers' slang) Skins for fur linings of garments, sewn together and roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted.

(hat-making) The fine nap (as of beaver, musquash, etc.) on a hat whose body is made from inferior material.

(music) A record, usually vinyl.

(military) trauma plate.

Precious metal, especially silver.

(obsolete) Silver or gold, in the form of a coin, or less often silver or gold utensils or dishes.

(heraldic charge) A roundel of silver or argent.

To cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material, usually a metal.

To place the various elements of a meal on the diner's plate prior to serving.

(baseball) To score a run.

(transitive) To arm or defend with metal plates.

(transitive) To beat into thin plates.

To specify which airline a ticket will be issued on behalf of.

(philately) to categorise stamps based on their position on the original sheet, in order to reconstruct an entire sheet.

(philately) (particularly with early British stamps) to identify the printing plate used.

A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in comparison with the other dimensions; a thick sheet of metal; as, a steel plate.

Metallic armor composed of broad pieces.

Domestic vessels and utensils, as flagons, dishes, cups, etc., wrought in gold or silver.

Metallic ware which is plated, in distinction from that which is silver or gold throughout.

A small, shallow, and usually circular, vessel of metal or wood, or of earth glazed and baked, from which food is eaten at table.

A piece of money, usually silver money.

A piece of metal on which anything is engraved for the purpose of being printed; hence, an impression from the engraved metal; as, a book illustrated with plates; a fashion plate.

A page of stereotype, electrotype, or the like, for printing from; as, publisher's plates.

That part of an artificial set of teeth which fits to the mouth, and holds the teeth in place. It may be of gold, platinum, silver, rubber, celluloid, etc.

A horizontal timber laid upon a wall, or upon corbels projecting from a wall, and supporting the ends of other timbers; also used specifically of the roof plate which supports the ends of the roof trusses or, in simple work, the feet of the rafters.

A roundel of silver or tinctured argent.

A sheet of glass, porcelain, metal, etc., with a coating that is sensitive to light.

A prize giving to the winner in a contest.

A small five-sided area (enveloping a diamond-shaped area one foot square) beside which the batter stands and which must be touched by some part of a player on completing a run; - called also home base, or home plate.

One of the thin parts of the bricket of an animal.

A very light steel racing horsehoe.

Loosely, a sporting contest for a prize; specif., in horse racing, a race for a prize, the contestants not making a stake.

Skins for fur linings of garments, sewed together and roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted.

The fine nap (as of beaver, hare's wool, musquash, nutria, or English black wool) on a hat the body of which is of an inferior substance.

A quantity sufficient to fill a plate; a plateful; a dish containing that quantity; a plate of spaghetti.

The food and service supplied to a customer at a restaurant; as, the turkey dinner is $9 a plate; I'll have a plate of spaghetti.

A flat dish of glass or plastic with a fitted cover, used for culturing microorganisms in a laboratory.

The identification tag required to be displayed on the outside of a vehicle; same as license plate; - often used in the plural.

An agenda or schedule of tasks to be performed; I have a lot on my plate today.

To cover or overlay with gold, silver, or other metals, either by a mechanical process, as hammering, or by a chemical process, as electrotyping.

To cover or overlay with plates of metal; to arm with metal for defense.

To adorn with plated metal; as, a plated harness.

To beat into thin, flat pieces, or laminæ.

To calender; as, to plate paper.

A sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic

(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score;

A full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)

Dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten

The quantity contained in a plate

A rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly

The thin under portion of the forequarter

A main course served on a plate;

Any flat platelike body structure or part

The positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube

A flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded

Structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage

A shallow receptacle for collection in church

A metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)

A dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth

The position on a baseball team of the player who is stationed behind home plate and who catches the balls that the pitcher throws;

Coat with a layer of metal;