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plat⋅ter

  [plat-er]
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–noun
1. a large, shallow dish, usually elliptical in shape, for holding and serving food, esp. meat or fish.
2. a course of a meal, usually consisting of a variety of foods served on the same plate.
3. Slang. a phonograph record.
4. Movie Slang. a part of a motion-picture projector, consisting of a large, horizontally rotating disk that houses a feature film.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME plater < AF, deriv. of plat dish. See plate 1 , -er 2
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plat·ter   (plāt'ər)   
n.  

  1. A large shallow dish or plate, used especially for serving food.

  2. A meal or course served on a platter.

  3. Slang A phonograph record.


[Middle English plater, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French plate, plate; see plate.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
platter

  1. n.
    and plate. home base or home plate in baseball. (Usually with the.) : The batter stepped up to the platter.
  2. 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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Word Origin & History

platter 
c.1280, platere, from Anglo-Fr. plater, O.Fr. plate (see plate).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

platter

see under hand to on a silver platter.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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