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barbecue plate

barbecue plate

2.3
A plate with different grilled meats and side dishes like coleslaw
  • noun
  • /ˈbɑːrbɪkjuː pleɪt/
  • US
translation icon : plato de barbacoa
  • She offered me a rib from her barbecue plate.

Examples

  • For lunch, I ordered the barbecue plate that came with grilled chicken, beans, and cornbread.

  • The barbecue plates were served with coleslaw.

  • At the festival, every barbecue plate came with cornbread and coleslaw.

  • He ordered a massive barbecue plate piled high with ribs and brisket for dinner.

  • I ordered a barbecue plate for dinner.

  • The restaurant's famous barbecue plate includes ribs, sausages, and a side of coleslaw.

  • She enjoyed her barbecue plate filled with brisket, pickles, and a serving of baked beans.

Synonyms

dish
vsbarbecue plate
332 1.0

A particular cooked food served as part of a meal

is a composed meal serving focused on grilled items with side dishes

How Filling

feast
162 1.9
barbecue plate
  • US
2.3
snack
471 1.0

Surface Forms

barbecue plate singular
barbecue plates plural

Morphology

barbecue + plate

The meaning 'a plate of food containing barbecued items' is directly derivable from combining 'barbecue' (grilled meat) with 'plate' (a portion of food served on a dish). The noun-noun composition 'X plate' meaning 'a plate serving X' is a transparent, compositional pattern in English (and mirrors similar constructions in many languages), so a B1 learner who knows both words should understand it.

Etymology

Barbecue plate comes from the simple image of a single plate holding many barbecue foods. At American barbecues people pile meats like ribs and brisket with sides such as beans and coleslaw on one plate, so the phrase came to mean 'a plate of various barbecued items and sides'.