salad plate

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of salad plate¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

Used as part of a salad plate with mixed greens as the base, your evening meal is ready in a snap.

From Salon

People loved Chernoff’s minimal stoneware dinner plates, salad plates, cups and bowls and purchased large orders without knowing she was working out of her living room.

From Los Angeles Times

The collection, which you can purchase through the Food52 Shop, includes serving platters, serving bowls, and a full set of dinnerware that ranges from salad plates and pasta bowls to dinner and dessert plates.

From Salon

The smallest was closer in size to a salad plate, and it came off a sandbar in a bay 100 miles east of Manhattan.

From New York Times

I slid the baking sheets into the oven and began washing and drying salad plates.

From Salon