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
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.[1][2][3]

Tableware

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]

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

Dentures

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

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

  • 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

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

Wall plate
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

References
  1. 傅培梅 (2005). Pei Mei's Chinese Cook Book (培梅食谱). III. p. 3. ISBN 9867997670.
  2. Catering Industry Employee. Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union. 1918. p. 52.
  3. 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. 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.

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