ADJ
- dessert, dinner, serving, side, soup
- clean, dirty
- The sink was full of dirty plates
- empty, full
VERB + PLATE
- clear, empty
- I could see how hungry she was from the way she cleared her plate
- clear (away), collect
PREP
- on a/the ~
- She ate everything on her plate
- ~ of
- a plate of rice
ADJ
- licence, number
- The driver was arrested for having false number plates on his car
- name
- He read the brass name plate by the door