Combination plate

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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.

Meal

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A combination plate may refer to a meal or plate with a combination of foods, including: {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yj4dq0_knFUC&pg=PA3|title=Pei Mei's Chinese Cook Book (培梅食谱)|work=III|page=3|isbn=9867997670|author1=傅培梅|year=2005|publisher=橘子文化事業有限公司 }}{{cite book | title=Catering Industry Employee | publisher=Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union. | issue=v. 27 | year=1918 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1AMAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA52 | page=52}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US2042801|title=Patent US2042801 - Combination dish}} Patent file date: April 10, 1933. Patent publication date: June 2, 1936. This has also been referred to as a compartment plate and a partition plate. Combination plate meals are sometimes served on this type of plate. In Nepal, this type of plate is called a thaali, and is typically made of metal. In Nepalese cuisine, the dish daal bhaat is often served on a thaali. In the United States, compartment plates have been used to serve table d'hôte dinners. In the United States, combination plates have been used as a part of U.S. army mess kits.{{cite book | last=Brown | first=J.E. | title=Historical Dictionary of the U.S. Army | publisher=Greenwood Press | series=Gale virtual reference library | year=2001 | isbn=978-0-313-29322-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ygqNt3ra-vYC&pg=PA307 | accessdate=March 6, 2015 | page=307}}

File:Asianafood.JPG|An airline meal served on a partition tray

File:Segmentteller Geschirr Plaste Kantine DDR.JPG|Plastic partitioned tableware

File:Applepietabekurabe.jpg|Apple pies served on partitioned tableware

File:Open mess kit.jpg|A mess kit with a combination plate (bottom)

File:Japanese food by Naoki Nakashima 110.jpg|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, and gold and porcelain.{{cite book | last1=Harlan | first1=A.W. | last2=Johnson | first2=C.N. | title=The Dental Review: A Monthly Journal Devoted to the Advancement of Dentistry | publisher=H.D. Justi & Son | issue=v. 29 | year=1915 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FZI1AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA37 | pages=37–38}}

Gemology

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

File:Wulfenite-Mimetite-245526.jpg|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"{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nauWlPTBcjIC&pg=PA474|title=Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology|isbn=9780122004001|last1=Morris|first1=Christopher G.|publisher=Academic Press|last2=Morris|first2=Christopher W.|date=10 September 1992}}{{cite book | last1=Wijnekus | first1=F.J.M. | last2=Wijnekus | first2=E.F.P.H. | title=Dictionary of the Printing and Allied Industries: In English (with definitions), French, German, Dutch, Spanish and Italian | publisher=Elsevier Science | year=2013 | isbn=978-1-4832-8984-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VQghBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA357 | page=357}}

Wall plate

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A combination plate can refer to a combination wall plate that has a combination of ports for switches, plugs, etc.{{cite book | title=Popular Science | date=March 1967 | publisher=Bonnier Corporation | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_4yADAAAAMBAJ | page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_4yADAAAAMBAJ/page/n96 6]}} ISSN 0161-7370{{cite book | title=Do-it-yourself Retailing | publisher=National Retail Hardware Association | issue=v. 150 | year=1986 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eq8SAQAAMAAJ&q=%22combination+wall+plate%22 | page=148}} ISSN 8750-2569{{cite book | last=Company | first=Western Electric | title=Electrical Supply Year Book | publisher=The Company | year=1916 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AvpYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA526 | page=526}}

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