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Webster 1913 Edition
Platter
Plat′ter
,Noun.
A large plate or shallow dish on which meat or other food is brought to the table.
The attendants . . . speedly brought in several large, smoking
platters
, filled with huge pieces of beef. Sir W. Scott.
Webster 1828 Edition
Platter
PLAT'TER
,Noun.
1.
One that plats or forms by weaving. [See Plat.]Definition 2025
platter
platter
English
Noun
platter (plural platters)
- A tray for serving foods.
- 1765, Oliver Goldsmith, The Traveller, or, A Prospect of Society
- While his lov'd partner boastful of her hoard,
- Displays the cleanly platter on the board;
- 1765, Oliver Goldsmith, The Traveller, or, A Prospect of Society
- The part of a turntable on which a gramophone record rests when being played, commonly made of aluminum, but sometimes of high-impact plastic.
Translations
a tray for serving food
part of a turntable on which a gramophone record rests
See also
- on a silver platter
- silver platter
Etymology 2
Noun
platter (plural platters)