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platter |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Platter \Plat"ter\, n. [From {Plat} to braid.] One who plats or braids. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Platter \Plat"ter\, n. [Probably fr OF platel, F. plateau. See {Plateau}.] A large plate or shallow dish on which meat or other food is brought to the table. The attendants . . . speedly brought in several large smoking platters, filled with huge pieces of beef. --Sir W. Scott. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: platter n 1: a large shallow dish used for serving food 2: a disc with continuous grooves; formerly used to reproduce music by rotating as a phonograph needle tracked in the grooves [syn: {phonograph record}, {phonograph recording}, {record}, {disk}, {disc}]
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