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Combination plate

A combination plate can refer to several things, including:

South Indian style vegetarian thali or unavu served in a restaurant.
North Indian style vegetarian thali served in a restaurant.

Meal

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A combination plate of American Chinese food, served on a disposable compartment plate dish

A combination plate may refer to a meal or plate with a combination of foods, including: [1][2][3]

  • Plate lunch, a traditional Hawaiian meal consisting of rice, macaroni salad, and an entrée.
  • Meat and three, a Southern American meal featuring one meat and three side dishes.
  • Blue-plate special, a low-cost daily meal special served in diners.
  • Thali, an Indian meal comprising various dishes served on a single platter.
  • Airline meal, a pre-packaged meal served to passengers on an airplane.
  • Bento, a Japanese single-portion meal typically packed in a box.
  • Pu pu platter, a tray of American Chinese appetizers.
  • Meze, a selection of small dishes served as appetizers in Mediterranean cuisine.
  • Tiffin, a light meal or snack, especially popular in India.
  • Charcuterie, a platter of cured meats, often accompanied by cheese, fruits, and nuts.
  • Munchy box, a Scottish fast-food meal consisting of a variety of fried foods served in a pizza box.
  • Prison food, meals provided to inmates in a prison.
  • Garrison ration, a standardized meal provided to soldiers stationed in a military garrison.
  • TV dinner, a pre-packaged frozen meal that can be heated and served.

Tableware

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A combination plate may refer to a type of tableware plate, dish or platter that is designed with separate compartments for foods to be placed in.[4] This has also been referred to as a compartment plate[3] and a partition plate. Combination plate meals are sometimes served on this type of plate.[3] In Nepal, this type of plate is called a thaali, and is typically made of metal.[5] In Nepalese cuisine, the dish daal bhaat is often served on a thaali.[5] In the United States, compartment plates have been used to serve table d'hôte dinners.[3] In the United States, combination plates have been used as a part of U.S. army mess kits.[6]

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    An airline meal served on a partition tray
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    Plastic partitioned tableware
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    Apple pies served on partitioned tableware
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    A mess kit with a combination plate (bottom)
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    Round combination plates serving Indian food

Dentures

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In dentistry, the term has referred to dentures prepared and cast with a combination of materials, such as gold and rubber, plastic and metallic material,[7] and gold and porcelain.[8]

Gemology

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In gemology, a combination plate refers to two or more crystals and/or minerals that have formed in a combination.

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    A rare and fine combination plate from the Tsumeb Mine. Glassy, mostly transparent, smoky-colored wulfenite crystals with sharp beveled edges are richly and aesthetically scattered on the matrix. Bundles of lustrous, yellowish-tan mimetite are concentrated at the top of the piece, and the largest wulfenite, at 9 mm, is aesthetically framed by two mimetite crystal clusters.

Printing

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In printing and graphic arts, a printing plate that has "both halftones and line drawings, often combined"[9][10]

Wall plate

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A combination wall plate

A combination plate can refer to a combination wall plate that has a combination of ports for switches, plugs, etc.[11][12][13]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 傅培梅 (2005). Pei Mei's Chinese Cook Book (培梅食谱). 橘子文化事業有限公司. p. 3. ISBN 9867997670. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. ^ Catering Industry Employee. Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union. 1918. p. 52.
  3. ^ a b c d The Hotel/motor Hotel Monthly. Clissold Publishing Company. 1913. p. 55.
  4. ^ "Patent US2042801 - Combination dish". Patent file date: April 10, 1933. Patent publication date: June 2, 1936.
  5. ^ a b Mayhew, B.; Bindloss, J.; Armington, S. (2006). Nepal. Ediz. Inglese. Country Guides (in Turkish). Lonely Planet. p. 104. ISBN 978-1-74059-699-2.
  6. ^ Brown, J.E. (2001). Historical Dictionary of the U.S. Army. Gale virtual reference library. Greenwood Press. p. 307. ISBN 978-0-313-29322-1. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  7. ^ The Southern Dental Journal. R.A. Holliday. 1891. p. 59. ISSN 1053-5047
  8. ^ Harlan, A.W.; Johnson, C.N. (1915). The Dental Review: A Monthly Journal Devoted to the Advancement of Dentistry. H.D. Justi & Son. pp. 37–38.
  9. ^ Morris, Christopher G.; Morris, Christopher W. (10 September 1992). Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology. Academic Press. ISBN 9780122004001.
  10. ^ Wijnekus, F.J.M.; Wijnekus, E.F.P.H. (2013). Dictionary of the Printing and Allied Industries: In English (with definitions), French, German, Dutch, Spanish and Italian. Elsevier Science. p. 357. ISBN 978-1-4832-8984-7.
  11. ^ Popular Science. Bonnier Corporation. March 1967. p. 6. ISSN 0161-7370
  12. ^ Do-it-yourself Retailing. National Retail Hardware Association. 1986. p. 148. ISSN 8750-2569
  13. ^ Company, Western Electric (1916). Electrical Supply Year Book. The Company. p. 526. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)

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