Thali, an Indian meal comprising various dishes served on a single platter.
Airline meal, a pre-packaged meal served to passengers on an airplane.
Bento, a Japanese single-portion meal typically packed in a box.
Pu pu platter, a tray of American Chinese appetizers.
Meze, a selection of small dishes served as appetizers in Mediterranean cuisine.
Tiffin, a light meal or snack, especially popular in India.
Charcuterie, a platter of cured meats, often accompanied by cheese, fruits, and nuts.
Munchy box, a Scottish fast-food meal consisting of a variety of fried foods served in a pizza box.
Prison food, meals provided to inmates in a prison.
Garrison ration, a standardized meal provided to soldiers stationed in a military garrison.
TV dinner, a pre-packaged frozen meal that can be heated and served.
Tableware
A combination plate may refer to a type of tablewareplate, dish or platter that is designed with separate compartments for foods to be placed in.[4] This has also been referred to as a compartment plate[3] and a partition plate. Combination plate meals are sometimes served on this type of plate.[3] In Nepal, this type of plate is called a thaali, and is typically made of metal.[5] In Nepalese cuisine, the dish daal bhaat is often served on a thaali.[5] In the United States, compartment plates have been used to serve table d'hôte dinners.[3] In the United States, combination plates have been used as a part of U.S. army mess kits.[6]
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,[7] and gold and porcelain.[8]
Gemology
In gemology, a combination plate refers to two or more crystals and/or minerals that have formed in a combination.
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.