| Main Entry: | plate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dish or meal served |
Synonyms: |
bowl, casserole, course, helping, platter, portion, service, serving, trencher |
| Notes: | dish is a more general term and plate is more specialized |
| Main Entry: | plate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sheet, panel |
Synonyms: |
coat, disc, flake, foil, lamella, lamina, layer, leaf, plane, print, scale, slab, slice, spangle, stratum |
| Main Entry: | plate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | coat with metallic material |
Synonyms: |
anodize, bronze, chrome, cover, electroplate, enamel, encrust, face, flake, foil, gild, laminate, layer, nickel, overlay, platinize, scale, silver, stratify |
| Main Entry: | armor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | protective covering, often made of metal |
Synonyms: |
bulletproof vest, defense, guard, mail, plate, protection, security, sheath, shield |
| Main Entry: | banality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | common saying |
Synonyms: |
adage, boiler, buzzword, chestnut, cliché, corn, dullsville, familiar tune, high camp, hokum, old chestnut, old saw, plate, platitude, prosaicism, prosaism, saw, trite phrase, trivia, triviality, truism |
Antonyms: |
coinage, nuance, original saying |
| Main Entry: | coat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cover with layer of material |
Synonyms: |
apply, cover, crust, enamel, foil, glaze, incrust, laminate, paint, plaster, plate, smear, spread, stain, surface, varnish |
| Notes: | skin is the general term for an animal's outer covering; the layer of fur, hair, or wool is the coat; hide is the tough skin of certain large animals that is tanned and made into leather; pelt is untanned skin of fur-bearing animals |
Antonyms: |
reveal, uncover |
| Main Entry: | dish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | eating receptacle |
Synonyms: |
bowl, casserole, ceramic, china, container, cup, mug, pitcher, plate, platter, porringer, pot, pottery, salver, saucer, tray, vessel |
| Main Entry: | disk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | round object |
Synonyms: |
circle, disc, discoid, discoidal, discus, dish, flan, plate, platter, quoit, sabot, saucer, shell |
| Main Entry: | flake |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scale, peel |
Synonyms: |
cell, disk, drop, foil, lamella, lamina, layer, leaf, membrane, pellicle, plate, scab, section, shaving, sheet, skin, slice, sliver, wafer |
| Main Entry: | gild |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | embellish, decorate |
Synonyms: |
adorn, aureate, aurify, beautify, bedeck, begild, brighten, coat, deck, dress up, embroider, engild, enhance, enrich, garnish, glitter, grace, ornament, overlay, paint, plate, tinsel, varnish, wash, whitewash |