plateful

English

Etymology

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

Catalan: platerada (ca) f, platada f
Finnish: lautasellinen (fi)
French: assiette (fr) f, assiettée (fr) f, platée (fr) f
Irish: lán pláta m
Norman: assiettée (Jersey)
Portuguese: pratada f
Welsh: plataid m

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