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English
Etymology
From plate + -ful.
Noun
plateful (plural platefuls or platesful)
- The quantity contained on a plate.
1964 June, “News and Comment: Channel Tunnel finance”, in Modern Railways, page 371:Witness to this is the appointment by the Minister of Transport of an Under-Secretary who will concentrate on Channel Tunnel affairs—and Mr O. F. Gingell is evidently expected to have a plateful of work for some long time to come.
Translations
the quantity contained on a plate