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plateful Definition

plate·ful (plāt′fo̵ol′)

noun pl. -·fuls′

as much as a plate will hold

plateful Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • food: Ideally, ask someone else to select a small plateful of low-fat food for you.
  • meze: It is a great place to while away a relaxing lunchtime with a plateful of meze and a cold bottle of beer.
  • rice: Meanwhile I started on my gumbo which in this restaurant was a murky brown fish soup poured over a plateful of rice.
  • potato: The first plateful of early potatoes must be one of the treats of the season.

Converse of object

  • have: He had a plateful of something brought up to him.
  • consume: I knew I would have to consume platefuls of it.

Adjective modifier

  • huge: It was approaching Christmas when they next came back and I made a huge plateful.
  • large: It is considered disrespectful not to try a large plateful of everything, so I left school that day feeling rather full!
  • small: Ideally, ask someone else to select a small plateful of low-fat food for you.
  • whole: Prices range from £ 5.15 to £ 7.60, which seems pretty reasonable for a whole plateful of delicious pizza.
  • first: The first plateful of early potatoes must be one of the treats of the season.