Plateful
noun
The amount of food that fills a plate.
She ate a huge plateful of pasta for dinner.
Often appears as...
- a heaping plateful
- a hearty plateful
noun
The amount of food that fills a plate.
She ate a huge plateful of pasta for dinner.
Often appears as...
- a heaping plateful
- a hearty plateful
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Visualize a plate filled with food to gauge a plateful's quantity.
I couldn't finish the mountainous plateful of nachos at the restaurant.
Pro Tip 2/3Quantity Context
'Plateful' indicates plenty without being specific, reflecting a full meal portion.
Each kid received a generous plateful of spaghetti at the birthday party.
Pro Tip 3/3Collocation Usage
Understand how 'plateful' combines with adjectives to convey abundance or satisfaction.
She savored a hearty plateful of stew on the chilly night.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Visualize a plate filled with food to gauge a plateful's quantity.
I couldn't finish the mountainous plateful of nachos at the restaurant.
Pro Tip 2/3Quantity Context
'Plateful' indicates plenty without being specific, reflecting a full meal portion.
Each kid received a generous plateful of spaghetti at the birthday party.
Pro Tip 3/3Collocation Usage
Understand how 'plateful' combines with adjectives to convey abundance or satisfaction.
She savored a hearty plateful of stew on the chilly night.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Visualize a plate filled with food to gauge a plateful's quantity.
I couldn't finish the mountainous plateful of nachos at the restaurant.
Pro Tip 2/3Quantity Context
'Plateful' indicates plenty without being specific, reflecting a full meal portion.
Each kid received a generous plateful of spaghetti at the birthday party.
Pro Tip 3/3Collocation Usage
Understand how 'plateful' combines with adjectives to convey abundance or satisfaction.
She savored a hearty plateful of stew on the chilly night.
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Quote examples
Cory Booker
American Politician
As a vegetarian eating a plateful of eggs, I found myself in this weird place where I didn't want to think about where those eggs came from. I didn't want to think about the treatment of the animals who produced those eggs. When I find myself trying not to think about things, it seems to me that I'm practicing avoidance.
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Jeffrey Kluger
American Writer
Is there anything sadder than the foods of the 1950s? Canned, frozen, packaged concoctions, served up by the plateful, three meals per day, in an era in which the supermarket was king, the farmer's market was, well, for farmers, and the word 'locavore' sounded vaguely like a mythical beast.
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Markie Post
American Actress
I turned down dates because I dreaded sitting in front of a plateful of food.
Quote examples
Cory Booker
American Politician
As a vegetarian eating a plateful of eggs, I found myself in this weird place where I didn't want to think about where those eggs came from. I didn't want to think about the treatment of the animals who produced those eggs. When I find myself trying not to think about things, it seems to me that I'm practicing avoidance.
Quote examples
Jeffrey Kluger
American Writer
Is there anything sadder than the foods of the 1950s? Canned, frozen, packaged concoctions, served up by the plateful, three meals per day, in an era in which the supermarket was king, the farmer's market was, well, for farmers, and the word 'locavore' sounded vaguely like a mythical beast.
Quote examples
Markie Post
American Actress
I turned down dates because I dreaded sitting in front of a plateful of food.
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