Are you trying to hyphenate plates? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.
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(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 |
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A sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic |
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A full-page illustration (usually on slick paper) |
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Dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten |
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The quantity contained in a plate |
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A rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly |
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The thin under portion of the forequarter |
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A main course served on a plate A vegetable plate The blue plate special |
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Any flat platelike body structure or part |
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The positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube |
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A flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded |
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Structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage |
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A shallow receptacle for collection in church |
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A metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) |
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A dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth |
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Coat with a layer of metal Plate spoons with silver |