plat

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noun

a plot of ground.

a plan or map, as of land.

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verb (used with object)

to make a plat of; plot.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English; variant of plot, reinforced by Middle English plat flat of a sword < Old French: something flat (see plate¹)

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noun

a plait or braid.

verb (used with object)

to plait; braid.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; variant of plait

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variant of platy-.

plateau.

platoon.

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plat¹ (plæt)

—n
	a small area of ground; plot

[C16 (also occurring in Middle English in place names): originally variant of plot²]

plat² (plæt)

—n, —vb , plats, platting, platted
	a variant spelling of plait

[C16: variant of plait]

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Word Origin & History

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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