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
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
Long have St. Like twelve fat vegetables in a soup plate, twelve great balloons nestled in Pitt Stadium at Pittsburgh.
From Time Magazine Archive
He can put it in a soup plate.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was standing in a large saucer or soup plate.
From Gossamer 1915 by Birmingham, George A.
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