plat·ter

(plăt′ər)

1. A large shallow dish or plate, used especially for serving food.

2. A meal or course served on a platter.

3. Slang A phonograph record.

Idiom:

on a platter

Without exertion; effortlessly: always got what they wanted on a platter.

[Middle English plater, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French plate, plate; see plate.]

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platter

(ˈplætə)

1. (Cookery) a large shallow usually oval dish or plate, used for serving food

2. (Cookery) a course of a meal, usually consisting of several different foods served on the same plate: a seafood platter.

[C14: from Anglo-Norman plater, from plat dish, from Old French plat flat; see plate]

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plat•ter

(ˈplæt ər)

n.

1. a large, shallow dish for holding and serving food.

2. a course of a meal, usu. consisting of a variety of foods served on the same plate.

3. a phonograph record.

[1250–1300; Middle English plater < Anglo-French, derivative of plat dish. See plate, -er²]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	platter - a large shallow dish used for serving food flatware - tableware that is relatively flat and fashioned as a single piece
	2.	platter - sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove disc, phonograph record, phonograph recording, record, disk acetate disk, phonograph recording disk - a disk coated with cellulose acetate LP, L-P - a long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm 78, seventy-eight - a shellac based phonograph record that played at 78 revolutions per minute audio recording, sound recording, audio - a recording of acoustic signals

platter

noun plate, dish, tray, charger, salver, trencher (archaic) The food was served on silver platters.

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Translations

طَبَق

tác

fad

Platte

plat

fat

vassoio

plokščia lėkštė

paplāte

tácka

servis tabağı

大浅盘

platter

[ˈplætəʳ] N

1. (esp US) (= dish) → fuente f

2. (= meal, course) → plato m
a cheese platter → una tabla de quesos

3. (US) (= record) → disco m

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platter

[ˈplætə^r] n

(mainly US) (= serving dish) → plateau m

(= course) → plateau m
a cheese platter → un plateau de fromage

platter

n → Teller m; (= wooden platter also) → Brett nt; (= serving dish) → Platte f; (inf: = record) → Platte f; to have something handed to one on a (silver) platter (fig) → etw auf einem (silbernen) Tablett serviert bekommen; to demand somebody’s head on a platter (fig) → jds Kopf verlangen

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platter

[ˈplætəʳ] n → piatto da portata

platter

(ˈplatə) noun

a kind of large, flat plate. a wooden platter.