plateful
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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
It was the product of our imaginations, a plateful of guesswork.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 22, 2019
That night, at the boisterous celebratory dinner at Uncle Amin’s house, Fadi ate an entire plateful of mantu, savoring every bite.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
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
There were probably 100 people there, most of them balancing plastic cups of pinot noir and platefuls of gouda and prosciutto and thick, artisanal crackers crammed with nuts or dried fruit.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 3, 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
