Collocations for plate - noun

dessert, dinner, serving, side, soup
paper
clean, dirty
The sink was full of dirty plates.

empty, full

clear, empty
I could see how hungry she was from the way she cleared her plate.

clear, clear away, collect, take
clean

on a/the plate
She ate everything on her plate.

plate of
a plate of rice

licence/license (esp. AmE), number (BrE)
The driver was arrested for having false licence/license plates on his car.

name
He read the brass name plate by the door.