plate

Summary

plate ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (311 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• plate is a type of dish^[2].
• plate is a type of flat object^[3].
• plate is part of table service^[4].
• plate is used for food presentation^[5].
• plate's Commons category is recorded as Plates^[6].
• plate comprises lip^[7].
• plate's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng^[8].
• plate's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng^[9].
• plate's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary^[10].
• plate's described by source is recorded as Diccionario del español de México^[11].
• plate's partially coincident with is recorded as platter^[12].
• plate's different from is recorded as dish^[13].
• plate's different from is recorded as dish^[14].
• plate's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[15].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include dish^[2] and flat object^[3].

Use and Application

plate is used for food presentation^[5]. plate comprises lip^[7]. plate is part of table service^[4].

Influence

Things named for plate include sanidine^[16], a mineral species^[17].

Why It Matters

plate ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (311 views/month).^[1] plate has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[18] plate is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[19]

Entities named for plate include sanidine^[16], a mineral species^[17].