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platescape

platescape noun: the visual arrangement of food on a plate and the accompanying utensils, etc., regarded as a factor in the choices people make about their food intake.

Noun

platescape (plural platescapes)

  1. The visual arrangement of food on a plate and the accompanying utensils, etc., regarded as a factor in the choices people make about their food intake.
    • The possible non-places in platescapes could possibly have to do with objects that certainly are designed to carry or contain food but lack meaning and attachment.2018, Ricardo Bonacho, Experiencing Food, Designing Dialogues

Forms of platescape

pluralplatescapes

Origin of platescape

From plate + -scape, introduced in a 2007 paper by Jeffery Sobal and Brian Wansink.

Questions about platescape

What does platescape mean?
Platescape means the visual arrangement of food on a plate and the accompanying utensils, etc., regarded as a factor in the choices people make about their food intake.
What part of speech is platescape?
Platescape is a noun.
What is the plural of platescape?
The plural of platescape is platescapes.

Words near platescape in the dictionary

  1. plates
  2. plates away
  3. plates of meat
  4. plates out
  5. plates up
  6. platescape
  7. platescapes
  8. platesetter
  9. platesetters
  10. platesful
  11. plateskirt

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