platescape

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noun

The visual arrangement of food on a plate and the accompanying utensils, etc., regarded as a factor in the choices people make about their food intake.

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Meanings

nounplatescape (plural platescapes)

plural platescapes

  1. The visual arrangement of food on a plate and the accompanying utensils, etc., regarded as a factor in the choices people make about their food intake.

    The possible non-places in platescapes could possibly have to do with objects that certainly are designed to carry or contain food but lack meaning and attachment.

    2018, Ricardo Bonacho, Experiencing Food, Designing Dialogues

Origin

From plate + -scape, introduced in a 2007 paper by Jeffery Sobal and Brian Wansink.

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APA

platescape. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/platescape

MLA

“platescape.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/platescape. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “platescape,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/platescape.

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