plate up

verb

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

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Meanings

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

present singular third person plates up · participle present plating up · participle past plated up · past 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 28, The Road Ahead, Brisbane, page 39, column 2
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APA

plate up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plate%20up

MLA

“plate up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plate%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plate up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plate%20up.

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