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Definition of "soup-plate" []

  • A rather large deep plate used for serving soup. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "soup-plate" in a sentence
  • "China soup-plate, perforated and strung on coconut sennit, suspended from about his neck so that it rested flat on his chest and half-concealed the generous swell of muscles."
  • "Nor was he any more ridiculous because of the soup-plate than was he ludicrous because of his nakedness."
  • "No man of Malaita he had ever heard of possessed an unbroken soup-plate."
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