soup plate
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of soup plate
First recorded in 1820–30
Example Sentences
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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
The dusky, lustrous eyes of Roman citizens grew large and moist with awe, last week, when a Papal medal as big as a smallish soup plate was borne pompously across the "Eternal City."
From Time Magazine Archive
He referred, as he later told his superior, to the legs of an insect approaching his soup plate, but the fathers took a dark view of the matter.
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 lingered longingly over the repast, and when the soup plate would admit of no more scraping he came back with a sigh to sordid cares.
From David Dunne A Romance of the Middle West by Belle Kanaris Maniates
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