Plates are usually round and used for serving food.
the scientific term says it will grow into columns and plates
Slab pull means the movement of tectonic plates due to currents in the mid-mantle, this causes subduction.
"plates" are the term for the giant sheets of rock on the earths crust
Ossicles
If you mean tetonic plates, then no, sliding tetonic plates cause earthquakes.
If you mean for the plates that are the earth's crust they are called 'Tectonic Plates'.
fault lines
convergent plate boundaries
The term BMV stands for Bureau of Motor Vehicles. The BMV handles registrations, license plates and drivers licenses, as well as state ID cards.
If you mean plates to eat from, the question is impossible to answer! But if you mean techtonic plates, there is only one, the African plate, although there it a rift appearing it on the eastern side of the African continent.
"strong plates"
(He) Sells plates.