1º_ Diminutive of plate . 2nd_ By the above, several objects in the shape of a plate, such as the one that gathers the betting chips in card games, or the containers of the scales, or each of the metallic percussion musical instruments that are carried one in each hand and hit each other, or the one that is hit with a stick on the drums, Even UFOs are called "flying saucers." 3º_ By metonymy it is also said of food prepared by cooks, because it is served on a plate. 4º_ Taken from the previous one, it is said of the gossip ("gossip whispered by all that is a cause of affront to someone").
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