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The phrase "a plate on" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are describing something that is placed on a plate, such as food or an object.
Example: "She served the pasta on a plate on the table, ready for dinner."
Alternatives: "a dish on" or "a platter on".
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He laid a plate on top of one and quickly inverted it.
The combination — garnished with nuts, raw long beans, cherry tomatoes and, on one visit, fried pork skin — is piled high on a plate on which a sauce of lime juice, tomato and fish sauce pools.
Tableware A plate on your lap.
Then she smashed a plate on the floor.
The desk had a plate on it that said "Security".
The collapse of a nebula into stars is similar to smashing a plate on the floor.
Place a plate on top of this and use the weight to add pressure.
Place a plate on top then invert the plate and basin, and unmould the pudding.
Put a plate on top of the tin, then flip upside down and remove.
(A spotted hand lifts a slice of cotto salami from a plate on a spotted table).
A Sulcata tortoise eats string beans from a plate on the floor.
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