English Explanatory Dictionary

platt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Obsolete spelling of plat (“scheme, plan, design, map”).
noun
  1. Obsolete spelling of plat (“material made by interweaving, especially by interweaving straw, to make hats”).
noun
  1. A marketplace.
name
  1. Plattdeutsch, Low German
name
  1. A village in Zellerndorf municipality, Hollabrunn district, Lower Austria.
  2. A village and civil parish in Tonbridge and Malling district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6257).
  3. An unincorporated community in DeSoto County, Florida, United States.
  4. A ghost town in Angelina County, Texas, United States.
name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

platt platts

Etymology

From Early Modern English platte, a variation (probably dialectal) of plot (“plot of land”); see plat and plot for more.

Derived words

Platt calibration Plattsburgh Platt scaling
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