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==Plate (Tableware)==
A '''plate''' is a shallow, usually circular, object from which [[food]] might be eaten or served. Plates might usually be made of [[wood]] or earthenware. Metal plates also existed with [[pewter]] becoming relatively common amongst the well-to-do in the [[15th century]].

Objects distinctive as individual plates rather than [[platters]] are known from c. 1300.

At the [[household]] of a wealthy individual this might be replaced by a [[trencher]] for [[feast]]s.

==Plate, Bring a==
Modern [[Australia]]n terminology for a [[pot-luck]] meal. Abbreviation of "Bring a plate of [[food]]".

==Plate ([[armour]])==
Modern abbreviation of [[plate armour]]. Also the individual piece of [[metal]] or [[horn]] that make up a pair of [[brigandine]]s or [[coat of plates]] 

==Plate (object) ==
Piece of material (especially [[metal]]), that is much thinner than either of its other dimensions.

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