Combination plate

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

North Indian style vegetarian thali served in a restaurant.

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.

## Contents

* 1 Meal
* 2 Tableware
* 3 Dentures
* 4 Gemology
* 5 Printing
* 6 Wall plate
* 7 See also
* 8 References
* 9 Further reading

## 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]

* An airline meal served on a partition tray

* Plastic partitioned tableware

* Apple pies served on partitioned tableware

* 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.

* 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

## 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. https://books.google.com/books?id=Yj4dq0_knFUC&pg=PA3.
2. ↑ Catering Industry Employee. Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union.. 1918. p. 52. https://books.google.com/books?id=m1AMAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA52.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 The Hotel/motor Hotel Monthly. Clissold Publishing Company. 1913. p. 55. https://books.google.com/books?id=cVtGAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA55.
4. ↑ "Patent US2042801 - Combination dish". https://patents.google.com/patent/US2042801. Patent file date: April 10, 1933. Patent publication date: June 2, 1936.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Mayhew, B.; Bindloss, J.; Armington, S. (2006) (in tr). Nepal. Ediz. Inglese. Country Guides. Lonely Planet. p. 104. ISBN 978-1-74059-699-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=dtSIz1vwg4YC&pg=PA104.
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. https://books.google.com/books?id=ygqNt3ra-vYC&pg=PA307. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
7. ↑ The Southern Dental Journal. R.A. Holliday. 1891. p. 59. https://books.google.com/books?id=Dk4VAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA59. 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. https://books.google.com/books?id=FZI1AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA37.
9. ↑ Morris, Christopher G.; Morris, Christopher W. (10 September 1992). Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology. Academic Press. ISBN 9780122004001. https://books.google.com/books?id=nauWlPTBcjIC&pg=PA474.
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. https://books.google.com/books?id=VQghBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA357.
11. ↑ Popular Science. Bonnier Corporation. March 1967. p. 6. https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_4yADAAAAMBAJ. ISSN 0161-7370
12. ↑ Do-it-yourself Retailing. National Retail Hardware Association. 1986. p. 148. https://books.google.com/books?id=eq8SAQAAMAAJ&q="combination+wall+plate". ISSN 8750-2569
13. ↑ Company, Western Electric (1916). Electrical Supply Year Book. The Company. p. 526. https://books.google.com/books?id=AvpYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA526.

## Further reading

* Villaescusa, E. (2015). Geotechnical Design for Sublevel Open Stoping. CRC Press. p. 383. ISBN 978-1-4822-1189-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=uHTOBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA383.
* 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. https://books.google.com/books?id=XABNF4qFKxgC&pg=SL1-PA9.
* Steel. Penton Publishing Company. 1914. p. 881. https://books.google.com/books?id=n3I-AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA88.

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