plate/plait

plate (plāt)

Noun

• A smooth, flat, relatively thin, rigid body of uniform thickness.
• A sheet of hammered, rolled, or cast metal.
• Printing. A sheet of metal, plastic, rubber, paperboard, or other material prepared for use as a printing surface, such as an electrotype or a stereotype.
• A shallow dish in which food is served or from which it is eaten.
• Baseball. Home plate.

Verb. Transitive

• To coat or cover with a thin layer of metal.
• To cover with armour plate: plate a warship.
• Printing. To make a stereotype or electrotype from.
• To give a glossy finish to (paper) by pressing between metal sheets or rollers.
• To arrange (food) on a plate, as for serving:

plait (plāt, plăt)

Noun

• A braid, especially of hair.
• A pleat.

Verb. Transitive

• To braid.
• To pleat.
• To make by braiding.