Combination plate facts for kids

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.

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.

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. 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.

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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)

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  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.

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"

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.