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Definition of Platter
1. Noun. A large shallow dish used for serving food.
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.
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
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 ..."