plate

plate

noun

Definition of PLATE

1

a small thin piece of material that resembles an animal scale <the tiny silver plates on the brooch are arranged to look like fish scales>

Synonyms lamella, lamina, plate

Related Words chip, flake, sliver, splint, splinter; leaf, sheet, slice

2

something that visually explains or decorates a text <the book's color plate illustrates the internal organs of the human body>

Synonyms diagram, figure, graphic, plate, visual

Related Words art, artwork; drawing, illumination, image, pictogram, pictograph, picture; caption, key, legend; inset; depiction, pictorialization, portrait, portrayal, representation; clarification, elucidation, explanation, explication, exposition