the lip of a plate

[arth...@yahoo.com]

What is the difference between the 'rim of a plate' and its 'lip'?

There is an explanation here, which I do not understand:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate_%28dishware%29

And can a sloping lip (or rim) be called a 'raised lip'?


Gratefully,
Navi.

[Peter T. Daniels]

The rim of anything is its well-defined edge. Canyons have rims.

The lip of anything is turned up or out or down like a human lip.

If it's turned up, then I suppose it's raised.

Note that early 20th-c. etiquette books specified that "soup plates
with rims" were necessary at a formal dinner -- in that case, the
rim is a flat horizontal extension of the edge of the bowl.

[Tony Cooper]

On Thu, 17 Oct 2013 03:45:13 -0700 (PDT), arth...@yahoo.com wrote:

>What is the difference between the 'rim of a plate' and its 'lip'?
>
>There is an explanation here, which I do not understand:
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate_%28dishware%29
>

Why not provide the context in your post and not make us search for it
in the link? Just copy/paste.

I assume you are talking about:
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A plate is composed of:

The well, the bottom of the plate, where food is placed.

The lip, the outer edge of the plate (sometimes falsely called rim. It
can be flat (like a pizza plate); or inverted (slanting down); or
everted (more common, slanting up))

The rim, which is actually the lip seen in profile葉he opening of the
vessel; sometimes with a gilded line.

The base, which is sometimes used interchangeably with "well", but
actually refers to the underside.
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The statement is saying that the lip and the rim are the same thing,
but seen from different angles. The lip is the outer edge, but if you
view it in profile you call it the rim.

I think it's a bad explanation because in one place it says the lip is
falsely called the rim, and in the next line it says the rim is the
lip if you view it in profile.

>And can a sloping lip (or rim) be called a 'raised lip'?
>

Yes, if it slopes upwards.



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Tony Cooper - Orlando FL