plateful
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2.3
- noun
- /ˈpleɪtˌfʊl/
:
plato lleno
- She brought out a plateful for Raisher and Cavouras to try.
- a plateful of food
- a plateful of cookies
- eat a plateful
Examples
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You must admit for my first day away from home it's quite a plateful.
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Ruby brought their food then, two plates piled high with grilled chicken, mixed vegetables, and Ruby's famous spoon bread, plus a small plateful of scraps for Spot.
Fiction book (2001) -
I ordered a plateful and three glasses of beer.
Fiction book (1995) -
But it was more than a plateful of expensive ingredients.
Academic text (1990) -
WALT: I could eat another plateful.
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I ordered another plateful.
Fiction book (1995) -
I remember going to Beefsteak Charlie's and eating a plateful of shrimp, like in the commercials.
Fiction book (1992) -
He helped himself to an enormous plateful of food, only belatedly noticing that he had cleared off half the sausages.
Fiction book (2001) -
They were sitting in a noisy bar, drinking hot chocolate and sharing a plateful of the greasy sticks of fried pastry called churros.
Fiction book (1998) -
At the picnic feast, the picky girls ate white bread with cheese and platefuls of potato chips.
Synonyms
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1.0
A quantity of food served on a dish
82
1.0
An amount of food served to one person
61
1.3
An amount of food or drink served to one person
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4.1
An amount that fills a tray
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2.2
An amount of something that fills a bowl
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3.3
The amount of food or liquid that a ladle holds
An amount that fills a dish
How Full
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Plateful combines plate and -ful, where -ful means 'full'. Imagine a plate heaped high with food — that is a plateful, so it means an amount that fills a plate.