China piece

The answer

PLATE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PLATE answer page.

Used 14 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• TEACUP (7 uses in xd)
• VASE (2 uses in xd)
• DISH (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for PLATE

Every other clue in this collection answered by PLATE, most used first.

• Piece of china - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Dish - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Piece of dinnerware - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
• Blue- ___ special - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• Dinner dish - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of a table setting - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Batter's position - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Food holder - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Dinner holder - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Home ___ - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Part of a place setting - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

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• Chopin piece - ETUDE, used 92 times
• Opinion piece - ESSAY, used 88 times
• Practice piece - ETUDE, used 80 times
• Piano practice piece - ETUDE, used 78 times
• Piano piece - ETUDE, used 76 times

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