Plate
A plate was a flat dish, similar to a platter, on which food was placed.

Plates were in use in the mess hall and captain's mess aboard . ()

In 2268, James T. Kirk suggested he could teach Elaan table manners, beginning with the function of a plate. ()

In 2269, Montgomery Scott suggested to a frustrated Leonard McCoy that a tardy James T. Kirk, Spock, and the supposed Abraham Lincoln were in the galley "looking up a plate of haggis." ()

Ensign Bradward Boimler had acquired several collector's plates that depicted the crew of the . In 2381, he hoped to ask Tom Paris to sign his respective plate. ()

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