ˈdɛntjə(ɹ) ˈdɛntʃə(ɹ) (h)əʊm hoʊm ˈhjuːm ʃɛl coat with a layer of metal plate spoons with silver a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth (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 dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic a shallow receptacle for collection in church structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper) a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube any flat platelike body structure or part a main course served on a plate a vegetable plate the blue plate special the thin under portion of the forequarter a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly the quantity contained in a plate