platterfuln.
/ˈplatəf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˈplædərf(ə)l/ As much as a platter will contain.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills a receptacle > a plate, saucer, or dish
dishfulc1320
saucerfulc1440
dish1600
platterful1611
plateful?c1625
trencherful1660
porringerful1675
tureenful1817
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Platelée, a platterfull, or dish full.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xiv. 114 There have you a large Platter-full of Dreams.
1702 J. Naylor in T. Brown et al. Lett. from Dead to Living (1707) II. 124 The first Course consisted of a huge Platter-ful of Scorpions Spits cock'd.
1898 Sandusky (Ohio) Star 8 Sept. 3/6 They pledged the Governor with choking draughts every time they hacked themselves a fresh platterful.
1949 D. Clark Again Goose Step xi. 199 Caviar, for some reason, was scarce, but..a waitress set down a small platterful.
1993 O. W. Harrington Why I left Amer. 55 You just had a platterful of Brassica oleracea var. capitata acephala, brother!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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