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单词 platefuls
释义

plateful

noun

plate·​ful ˈplāt-ˌfu̇l How to pronounce plateful (audio)
1
: a quantity to fill a plate
also : a generous helping
2
: a large number or amount
a plateful of problems

Synonyms

  • abundance
  • barrel
  • basketful
  • boatload
  • bucket
  • bunch
  • bundle
  • bushel
  • carload
  • chunk
  • deal
  • dozen
  • fistful
  • gobs
  • good deal
  • heap
  • hundred
  • lashings [chiefly British]
  • lashins
  • loads
  • lot
  • mass
  • mess
  • mountain
  • much
  • multiplicity
  • myriad
  • oodles
  • pack
  • passel
  • peck
  • pile
  • plenitude
  • plentitude
  • plenty
  • pot
  • potful
  • profusion
  • quantity
  • raft
  • reams
  • scads
  • sheaf
  • shipload
  • sight
  • slew
  • spate
  • stack
  • store
  • ton
  • truckload
  • volume
  • wad
  • wealth
  • yard
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Example Sentences

a degree in that field would give you a plateful of possibilities for a career
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Word History

First Known Use

1641, in the meaning defined at sense 1

platefuls

noun

plural of plateful
as in loads
a considerable amount a degree in that field would give you a plateful of possibilities for a career

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • loads
  • tons
  • piles
  • chunks
  • quantities
  • bunches
  • slews
  • wealths
  • lots
  • hundreds
  • dozens
  • bundles
  • hundred
  • stacks
  • basketfuls
  • dozen
  • fistfuls
  • plenties
  • rafts
  • deals
  • masses
  • buckets
  • abundances
  • truckloads
  • heaps
  • gobs
  • bushels
  • myriads
  • scads
  • shiploads
  • reams
  • oodles
  • boatloads
  • carloads
  • pots
  • sheaves
  • wads
  • profusions
  • pecks
  • packs
  • yards
  • lashings
  • much
  • mountains
  • potfuls
  • volumes
  • barrels
  • multiplicities
  • good deals
  • spates
  • sights
  • messes
  • stores
  • lashins
  • plenitudes
  • plentitudes
  • thousands
  • basketsful
  • multitudes
  • passels
  • surfeits
  • quite a bit
  • surpluses
  • millions
  • floods
  • all kinds (of)
  • excesses
  • bevies
  • hordes
  • rashes
  • throngs
  • flocks
  • bonanzas
  • superfluities
  • plagues
  • epidemics
  • scores
  • seas
  • million
  • swarms
  • hosts
  • oversupplies
  • zillions
  • trillions
  • embarrassments
  • deluges
  • legions
  • crowds
  • overflows
  • armies
  • overages
  • redundancies
  • overmuch
  • overabundances
  • herds
  • crams
  • droves
  • superabundances
  • plethoras
  • gazillions
  • overkills
  • jillions
  • crushes
  • kazillions
  • presses
  • mobs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • mouthfuls
  • ounces
  • bits
  • peanuts
  • tastes
  • grains
  • fragments
  • spots
  • shadows
  • strains
  • molecules
  • rays
  • shades
  • particles
  • specks
  • drams
  • atoms
  • scruples
  • driblets
  • scraps
  • licks
  • suspicions
  • crumbs
  • aces
  • granules
  • hints
  • touches
  • sprinkles
  • sprinklings
  • mites
  • dots
  • streaks
  • traces
  • handfuls
  • flecks
  • dabs
  • glimmers
  • shreds
  • pinches
  • nips
  • little
  • pittances
  • portions
  • handsful
  • motes
  • morsels
  • pieces
  • nubbins
  • smidgens
  • sections
  • smidges
  • dashes
  • smidgeons
  • shots
  • drops
  • flyspecks
  • smidgins
  • iotas
  • smatterings
  • whits
  • jots
  • scintillas
  • tittles
  • shortages
  • modicums
  • absences
  • lacks
  • smatters
  • deficiencies
  • famines
  • wants
  • deficits
  • scarcities
  • inadequacies
  • insufficiencies
  • poverties
  • dearths
  • undersupplies
  • paucities
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