salad plate
Americannoun
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a small plate used chiefly for serving an individual portion of salad.
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a selection of salad ingredients served cold, often on a bed of lettuce.
Etymology
Origin of salad plate
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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Used as part of a salad plate with mixed greens as the base, your evening meal is ready in a snap.
From Salon • May 9, 2024
As wide as a salad plate and flat as a flounder, it appeared thin, but it was somehow layered with slabs of chocolate.
From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2017
When reporters returned to the press bus, they found a surprise on each seat: a cinnamon roll the size of, well, a salad plate.
From New York Times • Nov. 6, 2012
Start by using a salad plate as your dinner plate.
From Southern Living • May 12, 2011
Pushing her salad plate to the side, Mom picked up her coffee and said, “Brady, you need to put this behind you and move forward.”
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
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