platefuls
Many loaded dishes
Platefuls is the plural of plateful—the amount a plate can hold.
The word typically describes generous servings of food: She ate three platefuls of pasta.
Like other container-based measures (cupfuls, spoonfuls), it emphasizes quantity rather than the container itself.
Individual food portions
- portionsDivided amounts allocated
- helpingsMeasured food portions
- amountsSpecified quantities measured
- heapsLarge informal quantities
piles · mounds · loads · stacks · seconds · thirds · refills · rations
Exceeding capacity, spilling out
- heapingOverfull, mounded above
- generousWilling to give freely
- bountifulPlentiful and generous
- copiousExisting in abundance
ample · plentiful · loaded · brimming · mountainous · towering · excess · surplus
Primary evening meal
feast · banquet · buffet · potluck · gathering · courses · dishes · cuisine
State of being complete
- stuffedFilled beyond capacity
- satisfiedHaving enough, wanting nothing
- gorgedAte to excess
- repleteCompletely filled
satiated · overeating · indulgence · contentment · glutted · overfull · bursting · bloated
servings
Individual food portions
heaps · piles · mounds · loads · stacks · seconds · thirds · refills · rations · allotments
overflowing
Exceeding capacity, spilling out
copious · ample · plentiful · loaded · brimming · mountainous · towering · excess · surplus · plenty
dinner
Primary evening meal
brunch · feast · banquet · buffet · potluck · gathering · courses · dishes · cuisine · seconds
fullness
State of being complete
replete · satiated · overeating · indulgence · contentment · glutted · overfull · bursting · bloated · heavy