To scrape with a curette.
A hand-held surgical instrument, often with a scoop or hook at its tip, used for cleaning or debriding biological tissue.
To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish.
To put in a dish or dishes; serve, usually food.
To gossip; to relay information about the personal situation of another.
The contents of such a vessel.
Tableware (including cutlery, etc, as well as crockery) that is to be or is being washed after being used to prepare, serve and eat a meal.
The state of being concave, like a dish, or the degree of such concavity.
The home plate.
A sexually attractive person.
That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor.
Gossip.
A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.
A specific type of prepared food.
A type of antenna with a similar shape to a plate or bowl.
A hollow place, as in a field.
A trough in which ore is measured.