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plat1

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–noun

1.	a plot of ground.

2.	a plan or map, as of land.

–verb (used with object)

3.	to make a plat of; plot.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME; var. of plot, reinforced by ME plat flat of a sword < OF: something flat (see plate¹)

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–noun

1.	a plait or braid.

–verb (used with object)

2.	to plait; braid.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME; var. of plait

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plat.

plateau.

platoon.

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plat¹ Audio Help   (plāt) Pronunciation Key
tr.v.   plat·ted, plat·ting, plats
To plait or braid.

n.   A braid.

[Middle English platen, alteration of plaiten, to fold, braid; see plait.]

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plat² Audio Help (plāt) Pronunciation Key
n.

A piece of land; a plot.
A map showing actual or planned features, such as streets and building lots.

tr.v. plat·ted, plat·ting, plats
To make a plat of: plat a new town.

[Middle English, probably alteration (influenced by plat, something flat) of plot; see plot.]

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plat

"piece of ground," 1517, from plot (q.v.), assimilated to adj. plat "flat," from O.Fr. plat, perhaps from V.L. *plattus, from Gk. platys "flat, wide, broad" (see place (n.)).

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plat
noun
1.	a map showing planned or actual features of an area (streets and building lots etc.)
verb
1.	make a plat of; "Plat the town"

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Plat

Plait\, n. [OE. playte, OF. pleit, L. plicatum, plicitum, p. p. of plicare to fold, akin to plectere to plait. See Ply, and cf. Plat to weave, Pleat, Plight fold.]

1. A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait.

The plaits and foldings of the drapery. --Addison.

2. A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.

Polish plait. (Med.) Same as Plica.

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Plat

Plat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Platted; p. pr. & vb. n. Platting.] [See Plait.] To form by interlaying interweaving; to braid; to plait. "They had platted a crown of thorns." --Matt. xxvii. 29.

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Plat

Plat\, n. Work done by platting or braiding; a plait.

Her hair, nor loose, nor tied in formal plat. --Shak.

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Plat

Plat\, n. [Cf. Plat flat, which perh. caused this spelling, and Plot a piece of ground.] A small piece or plot of ground laid out with some design, or for a special use; usually, a portion of flat, even ground.

This flowery plat, the sweet recess of Eve. --Milton.

I keep smooth plat of fruitful ground. --Tennyson.

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Plat

This flowery plat, the sweet recess of Eve. --Milton.

I keep smooth plat of fruitful ground. --Tennyson.

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Plat

Plat\, v. t. To lay out in plats or plots, as ground.

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Plat

Plat\, a. [F. plat. See Plate, n.] Plain; flat; level. [Obs.] --Gower.