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Definition of Plateful
1. Noun. The quantity contained in a plate.
Definition of Plateful
1. n. Enough to fill a plate; as much as a plate will hold.
Definition of Plateful
1. Noun. The quantity contained on a plate ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Plateful
1. the quantity that fills a plate (a shallow dish) [n PLATEFULS or PLATESFUL]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plateful
Literary usage of Plateful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Norway by Beatrix Jungman (1905)
"plateful and half of mine. The half that was left we divided between our plates,
which then looked quite empty enough. We ate caraway-seed bread for supper ..."
2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1905)
"Dinner: one plateful of potato-soup, a large helping of meat with some fat, ...
An ordinary plateful of meat, with bone, represents 5 oz. of raw and 4 oz. ..."
3. Food and the Principles of Dietetics by Robert Hutchison (1905)
"A soup-plateful of porridge made with ' Quaker Oats' contains 64 grammes of oats,
and has the following amount of nutrients: Proteid 9-4 grammes Fat 3-9 ..."
4. Lessons in English by Fred Newton Scott, Gordon Augustus Southworth (1916)
"Compare, for example, the following: There is a plateful of cookies in the cupboard.
A plateful of cookies is in the cupboard. In the first sentence the ..."
5. Out where the West Begins: And Other Western Verses by Arthur Chapman (1917)
"... he dished a plateful out, And I set and et that plateful and I heard far angels
shout; I could hear gold harps a-twangin' and my rough thoughts seemed ..."
6. The History of a Mouthful of Bread: And Its Effect on the Organization of by Jean Macé (1868)
"I should have liked to give you only a small plateful —a child's plateful—of it;
but I feel the explanations coming, hanging one upon the other ; and, ..."
7. Norway by Beatrix Jungman (1905)
"plateful and half of mine. The half that was left we divided between our plates,
which then looked quite empty enough. We ate caraway-seed bread for supper ..."
8. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1905)
"Dinner: one plateful of potato-soup, a large helping of meat with some fat, ...
An ordinary plateful of meat, with bone, represents 5 oz. of raw and 4 oz. ..."
9. Food and the Principles of Dietetics by Robert Hutchison (1905)
"A soup-plateful of porridge made with ' Quaker Oats' contains 64 grammes of oats,
and has the following amount of nutrients: Proteid 9-4 grammes Fat 3-9 ..."
10. Lessons in English by Fred Newton Scott, Gordon Augustus Southworth (1916)
"Compare, for example, the following: There is a plateful of cookies in the cupboard.
A plateful of cookies is in the cupboard. In the first sentence the ..."
11. Out where the West Begins: And Other Western Verses by Arthur Chapman (1917)
"... he dished a plateful out, And I set and et that plateful and I heard far angels
shout; I could hear gold harps a-twangin' and my rough thoughts seemed ..."
12. The History of a Mouthful of Bread: And Its Effect on the Organization of by Jean Macé (1868)
"I should have liked to give you only a small plateful —a child's plateful—of it;
but I feel the explanations coming, hanging one upon the other ; and, ..."
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