platefuls

[US]/'pleɪtfʊl/
[UK]/ˈpletˌfʊl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a plate filled with food.

Example Sentences

A huge plateful like that costs only 50 cents.

He demolished two big platefuls of chicken.

she ate her way through a plateful of stodge.

Linton mixed a tumbler of negus, and Isabella emptied a plateful of cakes into her lap, and Edgar stood gaping at a distance.

She piled a plateful of pasta onto her plate.

He always serves himself a plateful of vegetables for dinner.

I couldn't finish the plateful of food in front of me.

The restaurant served us a plateful of delicious appetizers.

She cooked a plateful of dumplings for the family gathering.

He requested a plateful of fries with his burger.

The buffet offered a plateful of desserts for the guests.

I was surprised by the plateful of sushi he ordered.

She prepared a plateful of sandwiches for the picnic.

The hostess brought out a plateful of freshly baked cookies.

Real-world Examples

You have a plateful of your own food.

Source: Ancient Wisdom and Contemporary Love (Video Version)

Pere Grandet returned from the garden with the fruit and arranged a plateful on the kitchen-table.

Source: Eugénie Grandet

He had a plateful of something brought up to him.

Source: The South and the North (Part 2)

Of this preparation a tolerably abundant plateful was apportioned to each pupil.

Source: Jane Eyre (Original Version)

" Well, I suppose the factory can wait, " said Mr. Hatch as he looked out the window. And he brought out two platefuls.

Source: Storyline Online English Stories

As soon as they ate one plateful, they filled their plates with snow again, and Grandma poured more syrup on it.

Source: The little cabin in the big forest.

Mr. Piperson poured out three platefuls: for himself, for Pigling, and a third-after glaring at Pigling— he put away with much scuffling, and locked up. Pigling Bland ate his supper discreetly.

Source: Peter Rabbit and His Friends (Part 2)

After scarfing platefuls of seafood on the terrace, we wandered down to the harbour where two fishermen, in wetsuits, were setting out by boat across the clear turquoise water to collect goose barnacles.

Source: English TEM-8 reading past exam papers 2008-2022

He held his head on one side and screwed up his mouth, as he nudged Bartle Massey, and watched half-witted Tom Tholer, otherwise known as " Tom Saft, " receiving his second plateful of beef.

Source: Adam Bede (Volume Four)

Then the woman-servant brought a basin of warm water, and washed her feet; and Mr Linton mixed a tumbler of negus, and Isabella emptied a plateful of cakes into her lap, and Edgar stood gaping at a distance.

Source: Wuthering Heights

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