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Plate vs. Board — What's the Difference?

Plate vs. Board — What's the Difference?

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Plate

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

Board

A long flat slab of sawed lumber; a plank.

Plate

A sheet of hammered, rolled, or cast metal.

Board

A long flat slab of another material, used as a structural member.

Plate

A very thin applied or deposited coat of metal.
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Board

A flat, rigid, often rectangular piece of material used as a surface upon which to work
A cutting board.
An ironing board.

Plate

A flat piece of metal forming part of a machine
A boiler plate.

Board

A blackboard.

Plate

A flat piece of metal on which something is engraved.

Board

A bulletin board.

Plate

A license plate
A car with Utah plates.

Board

A scoreboard.

Plate

A thin piece of metal used for armor.

Board

A toteboard.

Plate

Armor made of such pieces.

Board

A flat piece of material designed or equipped to be ridden as a sport, especially a snowboard, skateboard, or surfboard.

Plate

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

Board

A diving board.

Plate

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

Board

A backboard.

Plate

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

Board

A flat, rigid piece of material on which a game is played, such as a checkerboard or chessboard.

Plate

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

Board

A table at which official meetings are held; a council table.

Plate

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

Board

An organized body of administrators or investigators
A board of trustees.
A board of directors.

Plate

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

Board

A table, especially one set for serving food.

Plate

(Baseball) Home plate.

Board

Food or meals considered as a whole
Board and lodging.

Plate

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

Board

(Sports) The wooden structure enclosing an area for skating, such as the ice on which hockey is played, or enclosing a playing area, as for indoor soccer.

Plate

The contents of such a dish
Ate a plate of spaghetti.

Board

A theater stage.

Plate

A whole course served on such a dish.

Board

(Basketball) A rebound.

Plate

Service and food for one person at a meal
Dinner at a set price per plate.

Board

An electrical-equipment panel.

Plate

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

Board

(Computers) A circuit board.

Plate

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

Board

The side of a ship.

Plate

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

Board

A leeboard.

Plate

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

Board

A centerboard.

Plate

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

Board

(Obsolete) A border or edge.

Plate

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

Board

To cover or close with boards
Board up a broken window.

Plate

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

Board

To furnish with meals in return for pay.

Plate

An electrode, as in a storage battery or capacitor.

Board

To house where board is furnished
Board a horse at a stable.

Plate

The anode in an electron tube.

Board

To enter or go aboard (a vehicle or ship).

Plate

(Geology) See tectonic plate.

Board

To allow (passengers) on board.

Plate

(Informal) A schedule of matters to be dealt with
Had a lot on my plate at work after vacation.

Board

(Nautical) To come alongside (a ship).

Plate

To coat or cover with a thin layer of metal.

Board

(Sports) To force (an opposing hockey player) into the boards with a body check.

Plate

To cover with armor plate
Plate a warship.

Board

(Obsolete) To approach.

Plate

(Printing) To make a stereotype or electrotype from.

Board

To receive meals or food and lodging as a paying customer.

Plate

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

Board

(Sports) To use a snowboard, skateboard, surfboard, or similar item.

Plate

To arrange (food) on a plate, as for serving
"a choice of starters, entrées, and desserts plated just as they will appear when ordered" (John Edward Young).

Board

A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.

Plate

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

Board

A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.

Plate

A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten.
I filled my plate from the bountiful table.

Board

A flat surface with markings for playing a board game.
Each player starts the game with four counters on the board.

Plate

(uncountable) Such dishes collectively.

Board

Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, circuit board, message board (on the Internet), etc.

Plate

The contents of such a dish.
I ate a plate of beans.

Board

A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.
We have to wait to hear back from the board.

Plate

A course at a meal.
The meat plate was particularly tasty.

Board

(uncountable) Regular meals or the amount paid for them in a place of lodging.
Room and board

Plate

(figuratively) An agenda of tasks, problems, or responsibilities
With revenues down and transfer payments up, the legislature has a full plate.

Board

(nautical) The side of a ship.

Plate

A flat object of uniform thickness.
The most important and most expensive part of any solar cell is a silicon plate.

Board

(nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward.

Plate

A vehicle license plate.
He stole a car and changed the plates as soon as he could.

Board

The wall that surrounds an ice hockey rink.

Plate

A taxi permit, especially of a metal disc.

Board

(archaic) A long, narrow table, like that used in a medieval dining hall.

Plate

(historical) Plate armor.
He was confronted by two knights in full plate.

Board

Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard.
To bind a book in boards

Plate

A layer of a material on the surface of something, usually qualified by the type of the material; plating
The bullets just bounced off the steel plate on its hull.

Board

(video games) A level or stage having a particular layout.

Plate

A material covered with such a layer.
If you're not careful, someone will sell you silverware that's really only silver plate.

Board

A container for holding pre-dealt cards that is used to allow multiple sets of players to play the same cards. Board (duplicate bridge)

Plate

(dated) An ornamental or food service item coated with silver or gold or otherwise decorated.
The tea was served in the plate.

Board

A rebound.

Plate

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

Board

(transitive) To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance.
It is time to board the aircraft.

Plate

(printing) An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper.
We finished making the plates this morning.

Board

(transitive) To provide someone with meals and lodging, usually in exchange for money.
To board one's horse at a livery stable

Plate

An image or copy.

Board

(transitive) To receive meals and lodging in exchange for money.

Plate

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

Board

To capture an enemy ship by going alongside and grappling her, then invading her with a boarding party

Plate

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

Board

(intransitive) To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation

Plate

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

Board

To approach (someone); to make advances to, accost.

Plate

(Cockney rhyming slang) A foot, from "plates of meat".
Sit down and give your plates a rest.

Board

To cover with boards or boarding.
To board a house

Plate

(baseball) Home plate.
There was a close play at the plate.

Board

To hit (someone) with a wooden board.

Plate

(geology) A tectonic plate.

Board

(transitive) To write something on a board, especially a blackboard or whiteboard.

Plate

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

Board

A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, - used for building, etc.

Plate

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

Board

A table to put food upon.
Fruit of all kinds . . . She gathers, tribute large, and on the boardHeaps with unsparing hand.

Plate

The anode of a vacuum tube.
Regulating the oscillator plate voltage greatly improves the keying.

Board

Hence: What is served on a table as food; stated meals; provision; entertainment; - usually as furnished for pay; as, to work for one's board; the price of board.

Plate

A prize given to the winner in a contest.

Board

A table at which a council or court is held.
Both better acquainted with affairs than any other who sat then at that board.
We may judge from their letters to the board.

Plate

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

Board

A square or oblong piece of thin wood or other material used for some special purpose, as, a molding board; a board or surface painted or arranged for a game; as, a chessboard; a backgammon board.

Plate

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

Board

Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards.

Plate

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

Board

The stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to enter upon the theatrical profession.

Plate

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

Board

The border or side of anything.

Plate

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

Board

To cover with boards or boarding; as, to board a house.

Plate

A very light steel horseshoe for racehorses.

Board

To go on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a friendly way.
You board an enemy to capture her, and a stranger to receive news or make a communication.

Plate

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

Board

To enter, as a railway car.

Plate

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

Board

To furnish with regular meals, or with meals and lodgings, for compensation; to supply with daily meals.

Plate

(music) A record, usually vinyl.

Board

To place at board, for compensation; as, to board one's horse at a livery stable.

Plate

(military) trauma plate.
The SAPI plate in his vest protected him from the bullet's impact.

Board

To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation; as, he boards at the hotel.
We are several of us, gentlemen and ladies, who board in the same house.

Plate

Precious metal, especially silver.

Board

To approach; to accost; to address; hence, to woo.
I will board her, though she chide as loudAs thunder when the clouds in autumn crack.

Plate

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

Board

A committee having supervisory powers;
The board has seven members

Plate

(heraldic charge) A roundel of silver or argent.

Board

A flat piece of material designed for a special purpose;
He nailed boards across the windows

Plate

To cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material, usually a metal.
This ring is plated with a thin layer of gold.

Board

A stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes

Plate

To place the various elements of a meal on the diner's plate prior to serving.
After preparation, the chef will plate the dish.

Board

A board on which information can be displayed to public view

Plate

(baseball) To score a run.
The single plated the runner from second base.

Board

A flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games;
He got out the board and set up the pieces

Plate

(transitive) To arm or defend with metal plates.

Board

Food or meals in general;
She sets a fine table
Room and board

Plate

(transitive) To beat into thin plates.

Board

Electrical device consisting of an insulated panel containing switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices;
He checked the instrument panel
Suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree

Plate

To specify which airline a ticket will be issued on behalf of.
Tickets are normally plated on an itinerary's first international airline.

Board

A printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities

Plate

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

Board

A table at which meals are served;
He helped her clear the dining table
A feast was spread upon the board

Plate

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

Board

Get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.)

Plate

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.

Board

Live and take one's meals at or in;
She rooms in an old boarding house

Plate

Metallic armor composed of broad pieces.
Mangled . . . through plate and mail.

Board

Lodge and take meals (at)

Plate

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

Board

Provide food and lodging (for);
The old lady is boarding three men

Plate

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

Plate

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

Plate

A piece of money, usually silver money.

Plate

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.

Plate

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

Plate

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.

Plate

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.

Plate

A roundel of silver or tinctured argent.

Plate

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

Plate

A prize giving to the winner in a contest.

Plate

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.

Plate

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

Plate

A very light steel racing horsehoe.

Plate

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

Plate

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

Plate

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.

Plate

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

Plate

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.

Plate

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

Plate

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

Plate

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

Plate

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

Plate

To cover or overlay with plates of metal; to arm with metal for defense.
Thus plated in habiliments of war.

Plate

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

Plate

To beat into thin, flat pieces, or laminæ.

Plate

To calender; as, to plate paper.

Plate

A sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic

Plate

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

Plate

A full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)

Plate

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

Plate

The quantity contained in a plate

Plate

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

Plate

The thin under portion of the forequarter

Plate

A main course served on a plate;
A vegetable plate
The blue plate special

Plate

Any flat platelike body structure or part

Plate

The positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube

Plate

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

Plate

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

Plate

A shallow receptacle for collection in church

Plate

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

Plate

A dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth

Plate

The position on a baseball team of the player who is stationed behind home plate and who catches the balls that the pitcher throws;
A catcher needs a lot of protective equipment
He plays behind the plate

Plate

Coat with a layer of metal;
Plate spoons with silver

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