[ US /ˈpɫɛni, ˈpɫɛnti/ ]
[ UK /plˈɛnti/ ]
NOUN
  1. a full supply
    there was plenty of food for everyone
  2. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
    see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
    a batch of letters
    a slew of journalists
    a lot of money
    a wad of money
    it must have cost plenty
    a deal of trouble
    he made a mint on the stock market
ADVERB
  1. as much as necessary
    I've had plenty, thanks
    Have I eaten enough?
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How To Use plenty In A Sentence

  • FK - pressure-cook would be the best way, but you could try boiling it with plenty of water so that it becomes really mushy, then blend it in a mixer to make a thick soup. or you could use a regular slow-cooker that you get in the US, except that it would be a bit time-consuming: Gujarati Dal (Healthy Lentil Soup)
  • During our exchanges there were plenty of glares and stares, and maybe even a couple of opinions shared.
  • Because there were still plenty of crayfish in the becks and streams, and they are the first to go if there is pollution.
  • It is also shifting plenty of feminine, lacy lingerie, in the kind of bright colours that go well with a sun tan.
  • I have caught plenty more on hook and line than they have noodling (they call it grappling around here), so I don't think it is something that we should be concerned with. What do you guys think about noodling? have you ever gone? or do you think its wrong?
  • The companion star would emit plenty of its own UV radiation, but this radiation would be blocked in the direction of Eta Carinae by the thick nebulosity of the giant star's surrounding gas, dust, and stellar wind.
  • There's plenty of cupboard space in the kitchen for all your pots and pans.
  • But when he returned to his room to give his other half the glad tidings, the housekeeper, who was listening to the story, interrupted to tell them that she knew of plenty of empty rooms.
  • Patients are marooned on trolleys because there are no available beds even though there are plenty of beds available in private nursing homes.
  • And there is plenty of food here-both the trawls and acoustic surveys have revealed an abundant supply of myctophid lanternfish, the most common prey eaten by large Humboldt squid in these waters in other years. Scientific American
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