small plate

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English

Noun

small plate (plural small plates)

  1. A dish in a restaurant that is prepared and served as soon as possible, rather than being served as a specific course of a meal.
    • 2007, Atlanta Magazine, volume 47, number 3, page 156:
      This unassuming south-Ponce tapas restaurant offers some of the most creative and sophisticated small plates in the metropolitan area.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see small,‎ plate.