🇬🇧🇨🇳 plate - 盘子 : English Lesson

Meaning of "plate" ("盘子"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A plate is a hard, flat dish, usually round, that you put your food on so you can eat it without it rolling all over the table.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

I stared at my empty plate, and it stared back like, "You really ate all of that?"

Grandpa put one lonely pea on his plate and said, "This is my healthy choice for the year."

My little brother licked his plate so clean the plate said, "Dude, I feel awkward."

The plate was shocked when I put salad on it instead of chicken nuggets for the first time ever.

Plates have been used for thousands of years—long ago, people even used flat pieces of wood or bread as plates, like super old-school edible dishes.

Anna puts a blue plate on the table. She puts an apple on the plate and bread on another plate. Her small dog jumps and knocks a plate. The plate falls but does not break. Her mother is near the table and smiles. Anna picks up the plate, eats the apple, and smiles.

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This word is at the A1 level, which means it is one of the first words you learn when starting English. It’s commonly used in everyday conversations and helps you communicate basic ideas like greetings, family, or daily activities.

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