Plate

What “Plate” means

Noun

1. A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten.
2. Such dishes collectively.
3. The contents of such a dish.
4. A course at a meal.
5. An agenda of tasks, problems, or responsibilities

Verb

1. To cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material, usually a metal.
2. To place the various elements of a meal on the diner's plate prior to serving.
3. To score a run.
4. To arm or defend with metal plates.
5. To beat into thin plates.

Noun

1. Precious metal, especially silver.

Noun

1. Silver or gold, in the form of a coin, or less often silver or gold utensils or dishes.
2. A roundel of silver or argent.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English plate, from Old French plate, from Medieval Latin plata, from Vulgar Latin *plat(t)us, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “broad, flat, wide”). Compare Spanish plato. (foot): Cockney rhyming slang, from "plates of meat" for "feet".

From Middle English platen, from Old English platian and Old French plater, both ultimately from Latin plata (see above).

From Middle English, partly from Anglo-Norman plate (“plate, bullion”) and partly from Latin plata (“silver”), from Vulgar Latin *platta (“metal plate”), from feminine of Latin *plattus (“flat”).

From Spanish plata (“silver”).

Business name ideas with “Plate”

Industries where “Plate” fits

We suggest this word for 15 business types and industries, including:

• Catering Business
• Meal Prep Business
• Restaurant
• Aluminum Sheet, Plate, and Foil Manufacturing
• Cafeterias, Grill Buffets, and Buffets
• Caterers
• Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages)
• Food Service Contractors
• Full-Service Restaurants
• Laminated Plastics Plate, Sheet (except Packaging), and Shape Manufacturing
• Limited-Service Restaurants
• Mobile Food Services
• Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemical Manufacturing
• Plate Work Manufacturing
• Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars