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PLAYT/pleɪt/

A flat dish you eat from is a plate. Put the rice on the plate / a clean plate. A bowl is deeper, for soup. Place is a location — extra c sound in the middle. A plate of sandwiches is a quantity phrase.

Meaning

A flat dish that you eat food from.

Examples

• “Put the rice on the plate.”
• “Wash the plates after dinner.”
• “There is a plate on the shelf.”

Good to know

on the plate. Contrast: bowl (deeper, soup). Mix-up: place.

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