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plateful

[pleyt-fool]

plate·ful

[pleyt-fool]
noun, plural -fuls.
1.
the amount that a plate will hold.
2.
a large portion or quantity: a plateful of contracts to negotiate.

Origin:
1760–70; plate1 + -ful


See -ful.

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plateful

noun
the quantity contained in a plate [syn: plate
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