salad plates

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Salad plates are smaller plates used for serving salads, typically 7-9 inches in diameter—smaller than dinner plates but larger than bread plates.

In formal table settings, they appear as part of the place setting for courses served before or alongside the main dish.

She set out the salad plates for the first course.

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fork · table setting · dinnerware · place settings · courses · tableware · luncheon · edge · dessert · bowls · stoneware · bone china · rimmed · formal dining · earthenware · first course · melamine · buffet

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plate size hierarchy

salad platesdinner plates

Dishes for main courses

platters · large plates · bread plates · saucers · dessert plates

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Top 50,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G