Definition of Platter

1. Noun. A large shallow dish used for serving food.

Generic synonyms: Flatware

2. Noun. Sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove.
Exact synonyms: Disc, Disk, Phonograph Record, Phonograph Recording, Record
Terms within: Acetate Disk, Phonograph Recording Disk
Specialized synonyms: L-p, Lp, 78, Seventy-eight
Generic synonyms: Audio, Audio Recording, Sound Recording
Derivative terms: Record

Definition of Platter

1. n. One who plats or braids.

2. n. A large plate or shallow dish on which meat or other food is brought to the table.

Definition of Platter

1. Noun. A tray for serving foods. ¹

2. Noun. The part of a turntable on which a Gramophone record rests when being played, commonly made of aluminum, but sometimes high impact plastic. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Platter

1. a large, shallow dish [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Platter

platonize
platonized
platonizer
platonizers
platonizes
platonizing
platoon
platooned
platooning
platoonmate
platoonmates
platoons
plats
platt
platted
platter (current term)
platterful
platterfuls
platterlike
platters
plattersful
platting
plattings
plattnerite
platy
platy-
platybasia
platybasic
platycephalic
platycephalous

Literary usage of Platter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Literary Source-book of the Italian Renaissance by Merrick Whitcomb (1898)
"THOMAS platterS Thomas platter, 1499-1582, affords another example of the strong ... Born in Switzerland, in the canton of Wallis, platter obtained the ..."

2. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1868)
"Ph. US) A platter of red lead, ... until it became black, when it was called lil,nk platter. ... POTASS'II IO'DIDI, platter of Po- dine iif ..."

3. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1882)
"—L. discus, a quoit, platter; in late L., a table. ... a quoit, platter (above). Discern ; see Concern. Disciple. (F.-L.) OF disciple. ..."

4. The American Journal of Education by Henry Barnard (1858)
"V. SCHOOL LIFE IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY, IN THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OT THOMAS platter.* THOMAS platter was born in the year 1490, ..."

5. The Practical Hotel Steward by John Tellman (1913)
"Serve on 9-lnch silver platter masked with black butter and ... Serve on 10-Inch silver platter; sliced cucumbers and tomatoes on same ..."

6. A Literary Source-book of the Italian Renaissance by Merrick Whitcomb (1898)
"THOMAS platterS Thomas platter, 1499-1582, affords another example of the strong ... Born in Switzerland, in the canton of Wallis, platter obtained the ..."

7. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1868)
"Ph. US) A platter of red lead, ... until it became black, when it was called lil,nk platter. ... POTASS'II IO'DIDI, platter of Po- dine iif ..."

8. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1882)
"—L. discus, a quoit, platter; in late L., a table. ... a quoit, platter (above). Discern ; see Concern. Disciple. (F.-L.) OF disciple. ..."

9. The American Journal of Education by Henry Barnard (1858)
"V. SCHOOL LIFE IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY, IN THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OT THOMAS platter.* THOMAS platter was born in the year 1490, ..."

10. The Practical Hotel Steward by John Tellman (1913)
"Serve on 9-lnch silver platter masked with black butter and ... Serve on 10-Inch silver platter; sliced cucumbers and tomatoes on same ..."

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