plateful
noun
plate·ful
ˈplāt-ˌfu̇l 
1
: a quantity to fill a plate
also
: a generous helping
2
: a large number or amount
a plateful of problems
Synonyms
- abundance
- barrel
- basketful
- boatload
- bucket
- bunch
- bundle
- bushel
- carload
- chunk
- deal
- dozen
- fistful
- gobs
- good deal
- heap
- hundred
- lashings [chiefly British]
- lashins
- loads
- lot
- mass
- mess
- mountain
- much
- multiplicity
- myriad
- oodles
- pack
- passel
- peck
- pile
- plenitude
- plentitude
- plenty
- pot
- potful
- profusion
- quantity
- raft
- reams
- scads
- sheaf
- shipload
- sight
- slew
- spate
- stack
- store
- ton
- truckload
- volume
- wad
- wealth
- yard
Examples of plateful in a Sentence
a degree in that field would give you a plateful of possibilities for a career
Recent Examples on the Web
This is a hearty plateful — a complete meal in one.
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Mara Severin | Eating Out, Anchorage Daily News, 8 June 2023
Jakob reacted by grabbing another plateful of food.
—New York Times, 14 July 2022
People were making varenyky, soft Ukrainian dumplings stuffed with cheese or sauerkraut, by the plateful.
—Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022
Or the lower spoiler, the Hyundai a plateful of triangular quesadilla slices.
—Tribune News Service, cleveland, 5 Mar. 2022
This week’s lineup of entertainment options includes a plateful of funny ladies.
—oregonlive, 2 Feb. 2022
The brakes resist fade more stubbornly than a kid faced with eating a plateful of broccoli.
—Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 17 Nov. 2021
Picture a plateful of flounder leaping off the dish and chomping the epicure’s nose.
—Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Nov. 2021
And the cencioni’s meaty chew made the dish just as satisfying as a plateful of tteok.
—Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Oct. 2021
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Mara Severin | Eating Out, Anchorage Daily News, 8 June 2023
Jakob reacted by grabbing another plateful of food.
—New York Times, 14 July 2022
People were making varenyky, soft Ukrainian dumplings stuffed with cheese or sauerkraut, by the plateful.
—Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022
Or the lower spoiler, the Hyundai a plateful of triangular quesadilla slices.
—Tribune News Service, cleveland, 5 Mar. 2022
This week’s lineup of entertainment options includes a plateful of funny ladies.
—oregonlive, 2 Feb. 2022
The brakes resist fade more stubbornly than a kid faced with eating a plateful of broccoli.
—Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 17 Nov. 2021
Picture a plateful of flounder leaping off the dish and chomping the epicure’s nose.
—Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Nov. 2021
And the cencioni’s meaty chew made the dish just as satisfying as a plateful of tteok.
—Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Oct. 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
1641, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Dictionary Entries Near plateful
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“Plateful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plateful. Accessed 1 Oct. 2023.
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plateful
noun
plate·ful
ˈplāt-ˌfu̇l
: a quantity to fill a plate
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