Combination plate
A combination plate can refer to several things, including:
- A combination meal
- A type of tableware
- A type of dental dentures
- Crystals and/or minerals that have formed in a combination,
- A printing plate that has both line drawings and halftones
- A combination wall plate molded with a variety of ports for various electrical items, such as switches and plugs.
Meal
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A combination plate may refer to a meal or plate with a combination of foods, including: [1][2][3]
- Plate lunch, a traditional Hawaiian meal consisting of rice, macaroni salad, and an entrée.
- Meat and three, a Southern American meal featuring one meat and three side dishes.
- Blue-plate special, a low-cost daily meal special served in diners.
- Thali, an Indian meal comprising various dishes served on a single platter.
- Airline meal, a pre-packaged meal served to passengers on an airplane.
- Bento, a Japanese single-portion meal typically packed in a box.
- Pu pu platter, a tray of American Chinese appetizers.
- Meze, a selection of small dishes served as appetizers in Mediterranean cuisine.
- Tiffin, a light meal or snack, especially popular in India.
- Charcuterie, a platter of cured meats, often accompanied by cheese, fruits, and nuts.
- Munchy box, a Scottish fast-food meal consisting of a variety of fried foods served in a pizza box.
- Prison food, meals provided to inmates in a prison.
- Garrison ration, a standardized meal provided to soldiers stationed in a military garrison.
- TV dinner, a pre-packaged frozen meal that can be heated and served.
Tableware
[edit]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]
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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
[edit]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
[edit]In gemology, a combination plate refers to two or more crystals and/or minerals that have formed in a combination.
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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
[edit]In printing and graphic arts, a printing plate that has "both halftones and line drawings, often combined"[9][10]
Wall plate
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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
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References
[edit]- ^ 傅培梅 (2005). Pei Mei's Chinese Cook Book (培梅食谱). 橘子文化事業有限公司. p. 3. ISBN 9867997670.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Catering Industry Employee. Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union. 1918. p. 52.
- ^ a b c d The Hotel/motor Hotel Monthly. Clissold Publishing Company. 1913. p. 55.
- ^ "Patent US2042801 - Combination dish". Patent file date: April 10, 1933. Patent publication date: June 2, 1936.
- ^ a b Mayhew, B.; Bindloss, J.; Armington, S. (2006). Nepal. Ediz. Inglese. Country Guides (in Turkish). Lonely Planet. p. 104. ISBN 978-1-74059-699-2.
- ^ 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.
- ^ The Southern Dental Journal. R.A. Holliday. 1891. p. 59. ISSN 1053-5047
- ^ 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.
- ^ Morris, Christopher G.; Morris, Christopher W. (10 September 1992). Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology. Academic Press. ISBN 9780122004001.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Popular Science. Bonnier Corporation. March 1967. p. 6. ISSN 0161-7370
- ^ Do-it-yourself Retailing. National Retail Hardware Association. 1986. p. 148. ISSN 8750-2569
- ^ Company, Western Electric (1916). Electrical Supply Year Book. The Company. p. 526.
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Further reading
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- Villaescusa, E. (2015). Geotechnical Design for Sublevel Open Stoping. CRC Press. p. 383. ISBN 978-1-4822-1189-4.
- Certain hot-rolled carbon steel plate from the Republic of Korea: determination of the Commission in investigation no. 731-TA-151 (preliminary) under the Tariff Act of 1930, together with the information obtained in the investigation. USITC publication. U.S. International Trade Commission. 1983. p. A-9.
- Steel. Penton Publishing Company. 1914. p. 881.