salad plate

noun

a small plate used chiefly for serving an individual portion of salad.
a selection of salad ingredients served cold, often on a bed of lettuce.

Origin of salad plate

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby salad plate

salad days, salad dressing, salad fork, salad green, salad oil, salad plate, salade, salade niçoise, saladin, salado, salah

Example sentences from the Web for salad plate

  • When large potatoes are served in their skins a salad-plate should be handed at the same time whereon to place them.

    Manners and Rules of Good Society |Anonymous

  • If salad is to be served next, put down a salad-plate in place of the dinner-plate removed.

    The Expert Maid-Servant |Cristine Terhune Herrick