pláta, m. (gs. ~, pl. ~í). Plate. 1. (a)Mch:~ miotail, metal plate. ~ cráige, clutch-plate. ~í íochtair, bottom plates. ~ tuiní, anchor-plate. (b)~ aitheantais, identification plate. ~ dorais, door-plate. ~ brollaigh, cónra, coffin-plate. (c)Phot:~ ceathrún, quarter-plate. ~ íogair, sensitive plate. ~ tirim, dry plate. ~ cruinnithe, focussing screen. (d)Typ:~ cló (stereotype) plate. (e)W. Tel:~ comhla, valve-plate. (f)Opt:~ criosach, zone-plate. (g)Dent:~ (fiacla), plate. (h)Cooking:~ te, hot-plate. 2. (a)~ anraith, soup-plate; plate(ful) of soup. Rud a bheith ar do phláta agat, to have something to eat. Ní dada ar mo phláta é, it doesn’t help to feed me, is of no material advantage to me. Bheith ar an b~ beag, to be on short rations; to be in jail. (b)Ecc:An ~ a chur thart, to pass round the plate. 3. (gs. as a.)Iarann ~, plate-iron. aidhleann phlétaí, plate-rack.