Breadcrumb Home > Dictionary > Index P plateware: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: plate•ware Pronunciation: (plāt'wâr"), [key] — n. household dishes, esp. ones made of or plated with gold or silver. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. plate tracery platform ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: dubitable Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language