dinner plate
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- noun
- /ˈdɪnər pleɪt/
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plato hondo
- I remember our dirty dinner plates were still on the table.
- size of a dinner plate
Examples
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Two women came in and took away the dinner plates, then served dessert.
Fiction book (1999) -
Finally, he looks at the pork chop on his dinner plate and says, "I love the work, Marie."
Fiction book (1990) -
"Oh, Mom," Frances put down her dinner plate.
Fiction book (1998) -
Finally, Caliph asked the waiter to remove the dinner plates and serve the coffee in the living area.
Fiction book (1996) -
Clabbus dropped down in his chair and swept his thumb across his dinner plate to wipe up the last bits of grease.
Fiction book (1995) -
Transfer the salmon to a warm dinner plate and drizzle on the sauce.
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Place 1 sliced roulade on each of 4 dinner plates; serve with potatoes and pan sauce.
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To serve, divide rice evenly among four dinner plates; top each with a chicken breast.
Synonyms
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A flat round dish from which people eat
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Morphology
The meaning 'a large plate on which the main course is served' is directly derivable from combining 'dinner' (main meal) with 'plate' (round flat dish). This straightforward noun–noun composition uses frequent, literal words and follows common cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Dinner plate is a simple compound: it names a plate used for dinner, the main meal. These plates were larger to hold main dishes, so the phrase came to mean 'a large plate for the main course'.