plate a smooth flat thin piece of material The first known use: in the 14th century |
Word Structure |
5 Letters, 1 Syllable |
plate |
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4 Phonemes |
p l A t |
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onset, rime |
pl ate |
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Morpheme |
plate |
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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.
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Collocations The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.
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Neighborhood
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