plateful|ˈpleɪtfʊl| [f. plate n. + -ful.] The quantity (of anything) with which a plate is filled. 1766Alexander in Phil.Trans. LVII. 67, I..swallowed down a plate-ful of the broth.1852Hawthorne Blithedale Rom. xvi, Let me have a plateful of that pork!