Meaning & use
Plateful
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The amount of food that a plate holds.
See it in a sentence
He served himself a generous plateful of pasta.
She finished a whole plateful of vegetables before dessert.
A note on using this word
Follows the common English pattern of adding '-ful' to a container word to mean 'the amount it holds', as in 'spoonful' or 'handful'.
Words with a similar meaning
helpingserving
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