plateful• Consider a plateful of bakedbeans on toast.• Politely declining a plateful, I retreated upstairs for a more conventionallunch.• It is like trying to get a firm grip on a plateful of pudding.• At three fifteen Mavis brought us in our tea on a tray with a plateful of shortbreadbiscuits.• If that sounds like a cutting-edge plateful, it is.• All they seemed interested in was guzzlingplatefuls of sausages and going back to the counter for more.• Eventually the waitress cleared away Anna's plateful of cold bacon.