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- [pleyt-foo l]
- /ˈpleɪt fʊl/
- /ˈpleɪt.fʊl/
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- [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
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.
plateful usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for plateful
noun plateful
- helping — the act of helping; aid or assistance; relief or succor.
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