1.
plate, dish
A flat dish for serving food. In Japanese, プレート tends to refer to flat, Western-style plates rather than Japanese-style dishes.
2.
plate, flat piece of metal or material
A flat, rigid piece of metal or other material used for various purposes, including nameplates, license plates, and tectonic plates.
Borrowed from English "plate." Used for both the dish and the flat material sense.
Common collocations
- ワンプレート (one-plate meal)
- ナンバープレート (license plate)
- ネームプレート (name plate)
- プレート料理 (plated dish)
- プレートテクトニクス (plate tectonics)