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| 1. | a plot of ground. |
| 2. | a plan or map, as of land. |
| 3. | to make a plat of; plot. |
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Audio Help [plat] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, plat·ted, plat·ting.
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| 1. | a plait or braid. |
| 2. | to plait; braid. |
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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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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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"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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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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Plat\, n. Work done by platting or braiding; a plait. Her hair, nor loose, nor tied in formal plat. --Shak.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Plat\, v. t. To lay out in plats or plots, as ground.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Plat\, a. [F. plat. See Plate, n.] Plain; flat; level. [Obs.] --Gower.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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