plate

a smooth flat thin piece of material

The first known use: in the 14th century

Word Structure

5 Letters, 1 Syllable

plate


4 Phonemes

p l A t


onset, rime

pl ate


Morpheme

plate


Sentence Examples

I ate a salad and a plate of spaghetti.

A shiny metal plate was screwed to the door.

He had a steel plate put in his shoulder after the accident.

Common Phrases

(one's) plate

One's schedule of imminent or pressing matters.

the plate

In baseball, home base.

Related Words

Sound the same but are spelled differently.

bowl

platter

serving

casserole

course

helping

Collocations

The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.

plate

plate

GB plate

L-plate

gold plate

home plate

paper plate

plate glass

plate-glass

Neighborhood

Rhymes

ate

eight

gate

great

hate

late

skate

state

straight

Onset Friends

place

play

please

plant

places

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