English Explanatory Dictionary

platter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tray for serving foods.
  2. A main dish and side dishes served together on one plate.
  3. The hard surface of a turntable on which a gramophone record rests when being played.
  4. A vinyl record.
  5. One of possibly many disks on which data is stored in a mechanical hard drive.
noun
  1. One who plats/plaits or braids.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

En-us-platter.ogg

Word forms

platter platters

Etymology

From Middle English plater, from Anglo-Norman plater, dissimilatory variant of platel, from Old French plate (“metal plate”) (see plate). Doublet of plateau.

Synonyms

plaiter braider

Related words

platter lift on a silver platter silver platter

Derived words

charcuterie platter give someone his head on a platter hand someone his head on a platter hand someone their head on a platter lick-platter multiplatter on a platter platter-faced platterful platterless platterlike platter pull splatter platter

Translations

German: Festplatte German: Festplattenscheibe German: Datenscheibe German: Magnetplatte Polish: talerz
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