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Definition of blue plate in English: blue plateadjective North American attributive (of a restaurant meal) consisting of a full main course ordered as a single menu item. Example sentencesExamples - Diners that serve a standard menu of coffee, burgers, fries and blue-plate specials offer comfy booths along with their comfort food.
- You'd be amazed what happens at the diner, a blue-plate special restaurant in an industrial district near the airport.
- These are basically the blue-plate special of Japan, in which you get, along with your entrée, soup, salad, rice, and a few little pickles.
- Those soothing ‘diner’ colors of turquoise, black and pink serve as the backdrop for this blue-plate special of coolness.
- The restaurant features 20 different beef and bison burgers, blue-plate specials, beef filets, salads and roasted ‘beer can chicken;’ plus cedar-planked steelhead salmon.
- It's homier and more idiosyncratic than most of Houston's Middle Eastern spots, with a rich human scene and numerous unexpected dishes, thanks to a slate of daily blue-plate specials.
OriginWith reference to the original blue plates divided into compartments, on which fixed-price restaurant meals were served. Definition of blue plate in US English: blue plateadjective North American attributive (of a restaurant meal) consisting of a full main course ordered as a single menu item. Example sentencesExamples - These are basically the blue-plate special of Japan, in which you get, along with your entrée, soup, salad, rice, and a few little pickles.
- Diners that serve a standard menu of coffee, burgers, fries and blue-plate specials offer comfy booths along with their comfort food.
- The restaurant features 20 different beef and bison burgers, blue-plate specials, beef filets, salads and roasted ‘beer can chicken;’ plus cedar-planked steelhead salmon.
- It's homier and more idiosyncratic than most of Houston's Middle Eastern spots, with a rich human scene and numerous unexpected dishes, thanks to a slate of daily blue-plate specials.
- Those soothing ‘diner’ colors of turquoise, black and pink serve as the backdrop for this blue-plate special of coolness.
- You'd be amazed what happens at the diner, a blue-plate special restaurant in an industrial district near the airport.
OriginWith reference to the original blue plates divided into compartments, on which fixed-price restaurant meals were served. |