small plate

noun

A dish in a restaurant that is prepared and served as soon as possible, rather than being served as a specific course of a meal.

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Meanings

nounsmall plate (plural small plates)

plural small plates

  1. A dish in a restaurant that is prepared and served as soon as possible, rather than being served as a specific course of a meal.

    This unassuming south-Ponce tapas restaurant offers some of the most creative and sophisticated small plates in the metropolitan area.

    2007, Atlanta Magazine, volume 47, number 3, page 156
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see small, plate.
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Chicago

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