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plate up

plate up verb: to dish out or place food on a plate (or other serving vessel) prior to serving.

Verb

plate up (third-person singular simple present plates up, present participle plating up, simple past and past participle plated up)

  1. To dish out or place food on a plate (or other serving vessel) prior to serving.
    • Bugs, oysters, prawns and crabs [...] are plated up on the decks of four side-by-side trawlers bobbing on the calm waters of Trinity Inlet.2021 February, The Road Ahead, Brisbane, page 39, column 2

Forms of plate up

third-person singular presentplates up
present participleplating up
past participleplated up
pastplated up

Questions about plate up

What does plate up mean?
Plate up means to dish out or place food on a plate (or other serving vessel) prior to serving.
What part of speech is plate up?
Plate up is a verb.
What is the past tense of plate up?
The past tense of plate up is plated up.

Words near plate up in the dictionary

  1. plate sales
  2. plate ship
  3. plate ships
  4. plate spinning
  5. plate tectonics
  6. plate up
  7. plate wheel
  8. plate wheels
  9. plate-carrier
  10. plate-carriers
  11. plate-glass

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