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plat

1 American  
[plat] / plæt /

noun

  1. a plot of ground.

  2. a plan or map, as of land.

verb (used with object)

platted, platting

  1. to make a plat of; plot.

plat 2 American  
[plat] / plæt /

noun

  1. a plait or braid.

verb (used with object)

platted, platting

  1. to plait; braid.

plat- 3 American  

  1. variant of platy-.

plat. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. plateau.

  2. platoon.

plat 1 British  
/ plæt /

noun

  1. a small area of ground; plot

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
plat 2 British  
/ plæt /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of plait

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Etymology

Origin of plat1

1400–50; late Middle English; variant of plot, reinforced by Middle English plat flat of a sword < Old French: something flat ( plate 1 )

Origin of plat2

1350–1400; Middle English; variant of plait

Example Sentences

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The homeless are served entrée, plat, dessert, plus a cheese course and wine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Local governments can delegate the final plat approval to planning directors or other designated officials to save time, bringing greater efficiency to the permit process and reducing an unnecessary cost pressure on housing.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 10, 2023

Nichols’ restrictions started with a few sentences on neighborhood plat documents and eventually ran for a few pages.

From Slate • Aug. 16, 2023

Pope, bald, with a trimmed white beard, sat amid stacks of plat maps and paper diagrams of the canals, surrounded by LCD screens with spreadsheets marking volumes of water and their destinations.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2022

There was a sheet iron stove in the center of a wooden frame filled with sand, and a faded map on the wall and the dingy plat of a township.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

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