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    [Noun]  | "plate*ful" | \ ˈplāt-ˌfu̇l \


    1: a quantity to fill a plate; also : a generous helping

    2: a large number or amount


    Origin: 1641 ;

    [Noun]  | "plateful" 


    1: a considerable amount;


      * e.g., " ... a degree in that field would give you a plateful of possibilities for a career "





     [ "the plate" ]

    1: Something awesome, or something desired. Originally coined when someone barged into a party uninvited, exclaiming "Where the plate?!"

      * e.g.,  ... Yo son, where the plate? Person 1: I'm coming tonight. 

     [ "Plate" ]

    1: A term used to describe a man/woman, who is used for the purpose of sex.

      * e.g.,  ... Jim: Bob that isn't your girlfriend? 

     [ "Plate" ]

    1: A pound of marijuana.

      * e.g.,  ... Buyer: aye you got that? 

     [ "Plated" ]

    1: An act of oral sex IE going down on a lady

      * e.g.,  ... I was (plating) her the other night and almost gagged on a pubic hair 

     [ "plate" ]

    1: Term used in the gym to indicate a 45-pound weight, used on an olympic barbell. Additionally, the term plate can be used to indicate another weight, when preceded by the number.

      * e.g.,  ... Ex1: Im benching 315 now! That's three plates on each side! ( 6x45 + 45 lb. bar ) 

     [ "plate" ]

    1: An act of oral sex i.e. Fellatio/cunnylingus.

      * e.g.,  ... Oi slut, give me a plate! 

     [ "plates" ]

    1: Short for license plates

      * e.g.,  ... Don't drive my car, I don't have any plates on it yet. 

     [ "plates" ]

    1: Cockney ryhming slang for feet. Derives from 'plates of meat'. As with all cockney rhyming slang, the rhyming part is not used in speech.

      * e.g.,  ... Christ look at the size of his plates (christ look at the size of his feet). 

     [ "plate" ]

    1: A section of the crust of the earth, which is cracked. Each plate moves slowly over a very viscous thick liquid called the mantle, which itself covers a liquid metal core and solid inner core, mostly made of iron and nickle. These plates are called "tectonic" plates. These types of plates may make contact with each other in various ways to cause earthquakes and form volcanoes, trenches and mountains.

      * e.g.,  ... "The earthquake was cause at the plate boundery." the seperation of the two plates. Plates fit together like a jigsaw 

     [ "Plate" ]

    1: Someone who is not popular, nor tries to be. Satisfied with where they stand in the social triangle.

      * e.g.,  ... She's not popular, but she doesn't try to be. She's a plate. 

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