[ noun ] the quantity contained in a plate <noun.quantity>
Plateful \Plate"ful\, n.; pl. {Platefuls}. Enough to fill a plate; as much as a plate will hold.
On the other side of the gauzy curtain, Russians line up in the street to buy a plateful of boiled dumplings and a cup of hot tea.
Get ready for a plateful of soul _ more hot sounds from "Hot-lanta." Atlanta in the 1990s is emerging as the new center for rhythm and blues, just as Detroit did in the '60s with Motown.