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platter

[plat-er]

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noun

a large, shallow dish, usually elliptical in shape, for holding and serving food, especially meat or fish.

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

Slang. a phonograph record.

Movie Slang. a part of a motion-picture projector, consisting of a large, horizontally rotating disk that houses a feature film.

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Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English plater < Anglo-French, derivative of plat dish. See plate¹, -er²

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World English Dictionary

platter (ˈplætə)

—n
1.	a large shallow usually oval dish or plate, used for serving food
2.	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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Etymonline

Word Origin & History

platter

c.1280, platere, from Anglo-Fr. plater, O.Fr. plate (see plate).

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Slang Dictionary

platter definition

n.
and plate. home base or home plate in baseball. (Usually with the.) : The batter stepped up to the platter.
n.
a phonograph record. (Old but still heard.) : They call it a “platter” because it looks like a serving platter.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Idioms & Phrases

platter

see under hand to on a silver platter.