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soup plate

American  

noun

  1. a deep, concave plate used especially for serving soup.


soup plate British  

noun

  1. a deep plate with a wide rim, used esp for drinking soup

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of soup plate

First recorded in 1820–30

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To serve, spoon two pieces of chicken into the middle of each soup plate, then ladle the vegetables and broth around the chicken.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 18, 2016

Long have St. Like twelve fat vegetables in a soup plate, twelve great balloons nestled in Pitt Stadium at Pittsburgh.

From Time Magazine Archive

Her long-suffering husband dropped dead in his soup plate when she absentmindedly toasted Germany at a dinner in the Russian Embassy.

From Time Magazine Archive

He can put it in a soup plate.

From Time Magazine Archive

Presently the trap-door creaked again, and the governess reappeared; in her hand was a small white jug and a soup plate.

From Jimbo A Fantasy by Blackwood, Algernon

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