small plate

English

Noun

small plate (plural small plates)

1. 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.
   • 2007, Atlanta Magazine, volume 47, number 3, page 156:

     This unassuming south-Ponce tapas restaurant offers some of the most creative and sophisticated small plates in the metropolitan area.

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