[1] „Plates are commonly made from ceramic materials such as bone china, porcelain, and stoneware, as well as other materials like plastic, glass, or metal; occasionally, wood or carved stone is used. Disposable plates, which are often made from paper pulp, were invented in 1904. Also melamine resin or tempered glass such as Corelle can be used.“
Teller sind im Allgemeinen aus keramischen Materialien gemacht, wie z.B. Knochen in China, Porzellan und Steingut, wie auch andere Materialien wie Plastik, Glas oder Metall; gelegentlich wird Holz oder gemeißelter Stein verwendet. Wegwerfbare Teller, die oft aus Zellstoff gemacht werden, wurden 1904 erfunden. Auch kann Melamingranulat oder Sekuritglas wie Corelle verwendet werden.
plate
1. subst. A flat dish from which food is served or eaten.
I filled my plate from the bountiful table.
2. subst. Such dishes collectively.
3. subst. The contents of such a dish.
I ate a plate of beans.
4. subst. A course at a meal.
The meat plate was particularly tasty.
5. subst. (figuratively) An agenda of tasks, problems, or responsibilities
With revenues down and transfer payments up, the legislature has a full plate.
6. subst. A flat metallic object of uniform thickness.
A clutch usually has two plates.
7. subst. A vehicle license plate.
He stole a car and changed the plates as soon as he could.
8. subst. 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.
9. subst. A material covered with such a layer.
If you're not careful, someone will sell you silverware that's really only silver plate.
10. subst. (dated) A decorative or food service item coated with silver.
The tea was served in the plate.
11. subst. (weightlifting) A weighted disk, usually of metal, with a hole in the center for use with a barbell, dumbbell, or exercise machine.
12. subst. (printing) An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper.
We finished making the plates this morning.
13. subst. (printing, photography) An image or copy.
14. subst. (printing, publishing) An illustration in a book, either black and white, or colour, usually on a page of paper of different quality from the text pages.
15. subst. (dentistry) A shaped and fitted surface, usually ceramic or metal that fits into the mouth and in which teeth are implanted; a dental plate.
16. subst. (construction) A horizontal framing member at the top or bottom of a group of vertical studs.
17. subst. (Cockney rhyming slang) A foot, from "plates of meat".
Sit down and give your plates a rest.
18. subst. (baseball) Home plate.
There was a close play at the plate.
19. subst. (geology) A tectonic plate.
20. subst. (historical) Plate armour.
He was confronted by two knights in full plate.
21. subst. (herpetology) Any of various larger scales found in some reptiles.
22. subst. (engineering, electricity) A flat electrode such as can be found in an accumulator battery, or in an electrolysis tank.
23. subst. (engineering, electricity) The anode of a vacuum tube.
Regulating the oscillator plate voltage greatly improves the keying.
24. subst. (obsolete) A coin, usually a silver coin.
25. subst. (heraldic charge) A roundel of silver or tinctured argent.
26. subst. A prize given to the winner in a contest.
27. subst. (chemistry) Any flat piece of material such as coated glass or plastic.
28. subst. (aviation, travel industry, dated) A metallic card, used to imprint tickets with an airline's logo, name, and numeric code.
29. subst. (aviation, travel industry, by extension) The ability of a travel agent to issue tickets on behalf of a particular airline.
30. subst. (Australia) A VIN plate, particularly with regard to the car's year of manufacture.
31. subst. One of the thin parts of the brisket of an animal.
32. subst. A very light steel horseshoe for racehorses.
33. subst. (furriers' slang) Skins for fur linings of garments, sewn together and roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted.
34. subst. (hat-making) The fine nap (as of beaver, musquash, etc.) on a hat whose body is made from inferior material.
35. subst. (music) A record, usually vinyl.
36. v. 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.
37. v. To place the various elements of a meal on the diner's plate prior to serving.
After preparation, the chef will plate the dish.
38. v. (baseball) To score a run.
The single plated the runner from second base.
39. v. (aviation, travel industry) To specify which airline a ticket will be issued on behalf of.
Tickets are normally plated on an itinerary's first international airline.
40. subst. Precious metal, especially silver.
platter
1. Teller, Servierplatte
platter
1. subst. A tray for serving foods.
2. subst. A main dish and side dishes served together on one plate.
3. subst. The part of a turntable on which a gramophone record rests when being played, commonly made of aluminum, but sometimes of high-impact plastic.
4. subst. One who plats/plaits or braids.
dish
1. Teller
dish
1. subst. A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.
2. subst. The contents of such a vessel.
a dish of stew
3. subst. (metonym) A specific type of prepared food.
a vegetable dish
this dish is filling and easily made
4. subst. (in the plural) Tableware (including cutlery, etc, as well as crockery) that is to be or is being washed after being used to prepare, serve and eat a meal.
It's your turn to wash the dishes.
5. subst. (telecommunication) A type of antenna with a similar shape to a plate or bowl.
satellite dish
radar dish
6. subst. (slang) A sexually attractive person.
7. subst. The state of being concave, like a dish, or the degree of such concavity.
the dish of a wheel
8. subst. A hollow place, as in a field.
9. subst. (mining) A trough in which ore is measured.
10. subst. (mining) That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor.
11. subst. (slang) Gossip
12. v. To put in a dish or dishes; serve, usually food.
The restaurant dished up a delicious Italian brunch.
13. v. (informal, slang) To gossip; to relay information about the personal situation of another.
14. v. To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish.
to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes
15. v. (slang) To frustrate; to beat; to outwit or defeat.
