Thesaurus results for PLATES

plates

noun

plural of plate

as in scales

a small thin piece of material that resembles an animal scale the tiny silver plates on the brooch are arranged to look like fish scales

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as in diagrams

something that visually explains or decorates a text the book's color plate illustrates the internal organs of the human body

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Recent Examples of plates No catch-all dishes, served on individual plates. —

Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 29 June 2026 Whereas the sights and sounds of South End lean toward bar crowds and joggers traversing the Rail Trail, SouthPark is more about catching a whiff of Le Labo and seeing couples settle in at a corner table with glasses of Cabernet and small plates. —

Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 29 June 2026 Festive table settings Every 4th of July picnic, BBQ and cookout needs plates, cups, napkins and silverware. —

Bestreviews, Mercury News, 29 June 2026 All decor, plates and napkins, cards and candy will be 50% off until closing. —

Neal Riley, CBS News, 29 June 2026 The diets of the early colonists differed based on regional availability, but seafood dominated many plates as well. —

Ava Berger, NPR, 28 June 2026 Tectonic plates are constantly in motion, and along the San Andreas fault, this movement is at a rate of 1-2 inches per year. —

New Atlas, 28 June 2026 The problem is there are not enough of those dinner plates to feed all the giants. —

Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 28 June 2026 The country sits on the edge of a giant east-west fault that is the boundary between the Caribbean and South American tectonic plates. —

Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2026

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Noun

While standard digital smart scales send a singular electrical signal up through your lower body, the Scale BodyScan sends current through both your hands and feet via the extendable bar, completing a circuit across your entire frame.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 July 2026
With this capability, Rubin can reveal details of the cosmos across an enormous range of scales, from distant galaxies, to individual stars, to the wispy clouds of dust spread throughout our galaxy.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of scales

Noun

White sheets, towels, and clothes have a fresh, crisp look to them that has the power to make life feel a little more luxurious.

— Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 1 July 2026
However, adding fabric softeners or dryer sheets could actually cause your towels to lose their absorbency.

— Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 30 June 2026

Definition of sheets

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It's powered by a highly capable six-core AMD Ryzen 5 220 processor and a fairly powerful Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 graphics chip for smooth gameplay.

— Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 2 July 2026
Aside from the graphics of the nuggets and hand gestures, Soules' packaging also features a cartoon character resembling Trevillian.

— Melina Khan, USA Today, 2 July 2026

Definition of graphics

Noun

The South Beach school’s 1975-‘76 yearbook was a patriotic red, white and blue and illustrations of the Statue of Liberty, the Liberty Bell and the American Eagle.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026
Schematics, facility maps, aerial photographs, engineering drawings, cutaway illustrations, and previously unfamiliar archival images reveal the extraordinary complexity of the undertaking.

— Rebecca Coffey, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026