small plate

noun — 2 senses

noun

A dish in a restaurant that is prepared and served as soon as possible, rather than being served as a specific course of a meal.

This unassuming south-Ponce tapas restaurant offers some of the most creative and sophisticated small plates in the metropolitan area.2007, Atlanta Magazine, volume 47, number 3, page 156:

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see small, plate.

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