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plateful

[playt-fool] / ˈpleɪt fʊl /


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Flag isn’t like the Baxters’ other animals: He can’t pull a plow, track a bear, provide milk, or become a plateful of cracklings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026

When you bite into a juicy hamburger, slice into the perfect medium-rare steak or gobble down a plateful of chicken nuggets, your senses are most likely responding to the food's smell, taste, texture and color.

From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2024

Alexandra herself worked on “getting fuller on less,” trying to limit each meal to a single plateful.

From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2023

Or try warming up a frozen dinner and turning it out onto a plateful of leafy greens.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 16, 2021

I’m drowsy from sitting in the sun, after eating a plateful of leftover kimchi fried rice from Soojin’s fridge for a snack after school.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan

From heaping bowls of mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce to platefuls of sliced turkey and stuffing, a hearty Thanksgiving feast is bound to leave behind extras.

From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2022

A cavernous, popular arcade in Brussels which for generations has drawn partiers seeking platefuls of mussels to wash down with that city’s famed brews sadly no longer resounds with late-evening laughter and chatter.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 24, 2020

People used to stampede down the halls when it was cookie time and grab handfuls or platefuls instead of taking one.

From Slate ● Mar. 4, 2019

In his mind, X. says some strongly-worded things about girls as a concept, eats two platefuls of chubby little doughnuts, and succumbs to several hours of moral and physical melancholy.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 23, 2018

Mom said as she served out three platefuls of spaghetti and meatballs.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold




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