small plate

collocation in English

meaningsofsmallandplate

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small
adjective
uk
/smɔːl/us
/smɑːl/
little in size or amount when compared with what is typical ...
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plate
noun
uk
/pleɪt/us
/pleɪt/
a flat, usually round dish with a slightly raised edge that you eat from or serve ...
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(Definition ofsmallandplatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Inside of the "barrel," asmallplate- probably a former lid-was wedged diagonally.
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They made it clear from their long professional and family experience in the industry that there is a commercial advantage in purchasingsmallplate-sized fish.
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Customers hold asmallplateor bowl ("katori") and stand around the vendors cart.
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The restaurants'smallplatemenu is locally sourced.
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It is usually served in asmallplatein twos or threes.
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Thesmallplateheat exchanger has made a great impact in domestic heating and hot-water.
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Thesmallplateshown in the first picture is a hand lapping plate.
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It is considered gracious to take the plate, or make asmallplate, even if you don't intend to eat it.
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Asmallplateof metal worn by little girls over the private parts.
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The comedic value is in the microdot being the size of asmallplate.
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Asmallplateon the top of the burner (a flame spreader) spreads the flame outwards.
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Each dish is considered communal, and every attendee has their ownsmallplate, or "torizara" to put food onto.
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The pegs will be connected to asmallplatethat can be called a pintie plate.
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When present it is usually asmallplateintervening between the third axillary and the posterior notal wing process and is probably a detached piece of the latter.
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Just beneath the arch lies asmallplate-like pleurocentrum, which protects the upper surface of the notochord, and below that, a larger arch-shaped intercentrum to protect the lower border.
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Just beneath the arch lies asmallplate-like "pleurocentrum", which protects the upper surface of the notochord, and below that, a larger arch-shaped "intercentrum" to protect the lower border.
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The signs showing distances will, where-ever possible, simply have the figures altered, probably by the placing of small plates in front of existing figures.
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