soup plate
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- noun
- /suːp pleɪt/
:
plato hondo
- The one who painted soup plates, he never stopped talking.
- wide soup plate
- set out soup plates
Examples
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Jerome took a soup plate from the sideboard and held it next to the tureen.
Fiction book (1991) -
He painted Cupids on soup plates.
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Get a soup plate, anything from the kitchen.
Fiction book (1993) -
Who put on soup plates?
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The one who painted soup plates, he was...
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Attacking the huge liver dumpling, I rediscover Archimedes' principle: I have consumed hardly half the Knodel when I find the remaining broth barely covering the bottom of the soup plate.
Fiction book (1990) -
Gertie set two wide soup plates on the table for dinner.
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To serve, ladle soup into each of the four soup plates carefully.
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Jerome took a soup plate from the sideboard and prepared to serve the hot broth.
Synonyms
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A shallow round container used for holding or serving food
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A flat round dish from which people eat
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A deep dish for serving and eating soup
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a plate for serving soup' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'soup' (the food) with 'plate' (a dish), following a common noun+noun compositional pattern in English. This type of compound is cross-linguistically common and should be immediately clear to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
The name soup plate comes from a simple idea: a plate made for soup, with a deep centre to hold the liquid and a wide rim to catch spills and hold a spoon or a piece of bread. So, it means 'a deep plate with a wide rim used for serving soup'.