platter
Americannoun
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platters
plural
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a large, shallow dish, usually elliptical in shape, for holding and serving food, especially meat or fish.
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a course of a meal, usually consisting of a variety of foods served on the same plate.
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Slang. a phonograph record.
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Computers. a hard disk, the rigid circular plate that rotates on a spindle within a hard disk drive, for data encoding and retrieval.
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Movie Slang. a part of a motion-picture projector, consisting of a large, horizontally rotating disk that houses a feature film.
noun
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a large shallow usually oval dish or plate, used for serving food
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a course of a meal, usually consisting of several different foods served on the same plate
a seafood platter
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Etymology
Origin of platter
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English plater, from Anglo-French, derivative of plat “dish”; see origin at plate 1, -er 2
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Disney+'s coverage of the Women's Champions League also faced challenge for including gimmicks such as a dog and a vegetable platter.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
A nervous server presents a platter of meat to William’s knights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
Disney's coverage also featured a vegetable platter being served and a rotating floor.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
As the machine whirred to life, the film strip moved from a large platter through a system of rollers, pulled sideways across the front of the lens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
At the end of breakfast, when Eevie reached out to snatch the last plomm from the platter, Oz shouted, “Hey, no way!” and slapped at her hand.
From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder
Last year, Sytner even visited the Simeone museum with his lawyer and adviser, where, over platters of pretzels and bagels, he says he politely asked its chairman, Robert Dusek, to further research its car.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
“I’ve made platters from their dessert section for dinner parties where it’s been a hit.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
The air smelled perpetually of tortilla chips, and the soundtrack was an agreeable mixture of Matchbox Twenty and sizzling fajita platters.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
Three-and-a-half-thousand hungry Alsatians wolf down platters of charcuterie and periodically burst into noisy chorus.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
That night for dinner, Ben set out several different platters of food, none of them exactly full.
From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder
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