Combination plate

A combination plate can refer to several things, including:

• A combination meal
• A type of tableware
• A type of dental dentures
• Crystals and/or minerals that have formed in a combination,
• A printing plate that has both line drawings and halftones
• A combination wall plate molded with a variety of ports for various electrical items, such as switches and plugs.

South Indian style vegetarian thali or unavu served in a restaurant.

North Indian style vegetarian thali served in a restaurant.

Meal

A combination plate of American Chinese food, served on a disposable compartment plate dish

A combination plate may refer to a meal or plate with a combination of foods, including: ^[1][2][3]

• Plate lunch, a traditional Hawaiian meal consisting of rice, macaroni salad, and an entrée.
• Meat and three, a Southern American meal featuring one meat and three side dishes.
• Blue-plate special, a low-cost daily meal special served in diners.
• Thali, an Indian meal comprising various dishes served on a single platter.
• Airline meal, a pre-packaged meal served to passengers on an airplane.
• Bento, a Japanese single-portion meal typically packed in a box.
• Pu pu platter, a tray of American Chinese appetizers.
• Meze, a selection of small dishes served as appetizers in Mediterranean cuisine.
• Tiffin, a light meal or snack, especially popular in India.
• Charcuterie, a platter of cured meats, often accompanied by cheese, fruits, and nuts.
• Munchy box, a Scottish fast-food meal consisting of a variety of fried foods served in a pizza box.
• Prison food, meals provided to inmates in a prison.
• Garrison ration, a standardized meal provided to soldiers stationed in a military garrison.
• TV dinner, a pre-packaged frozen meal that can be heated and served.

Tableware

A combination plate may refer to a type of tableware plate, dish or platter that is designed with separate compartments for foods to be placed in.^[4] This has also been referred to as a compartment plate^[3] and a partition plate. Combination plate meals are sometimes served on this type of plate.^[3] In Nepal, this type of plate is called a thaali, and is typically made of metal.^[5] In Nepalese cuisine, the dish daal bhaat is often served on a thaali.^[5] In the United States, compartment plates have been used to serve table d'hôte dinners.^[3] In the United States, combination plates have been used as a part of U.S. army mess kits.^[6]

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  An airline meal served on a partition tray
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  Plastic partitioned tableware
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  Apple pies served on partitioned tableware
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  A mess kit with a combination plate (bottom)
• 
  Round combination plates serving Indian food

Dentures

In dentistry, the term has referred to dentures prepared and cast with a combination of materials, such as gold and rubber, plastic and metallic material,^[7] and gold and porcelain.^[8]

Gemology

In gemology, a combination plate refers to two or more crystals and/or minerals that have formed in a combination.

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  A rare and fine combination plate from the Tsumeb Mine. Glassy, mostly transparent, smoky-colored wulfenite crystals with sharp beveled edges are richly and aesthetically scattered on the matrix. Bundles of lustrous, yellowish-tan mimetite are concentrated at the top of the piece, and the largest wulfenite, at 9 mm, is aesthetically framed by two mimetite crystal clusters.

Printing

In printing and graphic arts, a printing plate that has "both halftones and line drawings, often combined"^[9][10]

Wall plate

A combination wall plate

A combination plate can refer to a combination wall plate that has a combination of ports for switches, plugs, etc.^[11][12][13]

See also

• Banchan
• Blue-plate special
• Foodpairing
• Meat and three
• Plate lunch
• Food portal
• Medicine portal
• Geology portal

References

1. 傅培梅 (2005). Pei Mei's Chinese Cook Book (培梅食谱). 橘子文化事業有限公司. p. 3. ISBN 9867997670. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
2. Catering Industry Employee. Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union. 1918. p. 52.
3. The Hotel/motor Hotel Monthly. Clissold Publishing Company. 1913. p. 55.
4. "Patent US2042801 - Combination dish". Patent file date: April 10, 1933. Patent publication date: June 2, 1936.
5. Mayhew, B.; Bindloss, J.; Armington, S. (2006). Nepal. Ediz. Inglese. Country Guides (in Turkish). Lonely Planet. p. 104. ISBN 978-1-74059-699-2.
6. Brown, J.E. (2001). Historical Dictionary of the U.S. Army. Gale virtual reference library. Greenwood Press. p. 307. ISBN 978-0-313-29322-1. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
7. The Southern Dental Journal. R.A. Holliday. 1891. p. 59. ISSN 1053-5047
8. Harlan, A.W.; Johnson, C.N. (1915). The Dental Review: A Monthly Journal Devoted to the Advancement of Dentistry. H.D. Justi & Son. pp. 37–38.
9. Morris, Christopher G.; Morris, Christopher W. (10 September 1992). Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology. Academic Press. ISBN 9780122004001.
10. Wijnekus, F.J.M.; Wijnekus, E.F.P.H. (2013). Dictionary of the Printing and Allied Industries: In English (with definitions), French, German, Dutch, Spanish and Italian. Elsevier Science. p. 357. ISBN 978-1-4832-8984-7.
11. Popular Science. Bonnier Corporation. March 1967. p. 6. ISSN 0161-7370
12. Do-it-yourself Retailing. National Retail Hardware Association. 1986. p. 148. ISSN 8750-2569
13. Company, Western Electric (1916). Electrical Supply Year Book. The Company. p. 526. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)

Further reading

• Villaescusa, E. (2015). Geotechnical Design for Sublevel Open Stoping. CRC Press. p. 383. ISBN 978-1-4822-1189-4.
• Certain hot-rolled carbon steel plate from the Republic of Korea: determination of the Commission in investigation no. 731-TA-151 (preliminary) under the Tariff Act of 1930, together with the information obtained in the investigation. USITC publication. U.S. International Trade Commission. 1983. p. A-9.
• Steel. Penton Publishing Company. 1914. p. 881.