plateful

plate·ful

P p

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [pleyt-foo l]
- /ˈpleɪt fʊl/
- /ˈpleɪt.fʊl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [pleyt-foo l]
- /ˈpleɪt fʊl/

Definitions of plateful word

noun plural plateful the amount that a plate will hold. 1
noun plural plateful a large portion or quantity: a plateful of contracts to negotiate. 1
countable noun plateful A plateful of food is an amount of food that is on a plate and fills it. 0
noun plateful the amount that a plate will hold 0
noun plateful as much as a plate will hold 0

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Origin of plateful

First appearance:

before 1760

One of the 46% newest English words

First recorded in 1760-70; plate1 + -ful

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Parts of speech for Plateful

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Plateful

plateful popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for plateful

noun plateful

helping — the act of helping; aid or assistance; relief or succor.

Just one Synonym for plateful