plat
noun
a plot of ground.
plat
1 American
[plat]
/ plæt /
noun
-
a plot of ground.
-
a plan or map, as of land.
verb (used with object)
platted,
platting
plat
2
American
[plat]
/ plæt /
noun
verb (used with object)
platted,
platting
plat-
3
American
plat.
4
American
abbreviation
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plateau.
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platoon.
plat
1
British
/ plæt /
noun
plat
2
British
/ plæt /
noun
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 ( see plate 1)
Origin of plat2
1350–1400; Middle English; variant of plait
Example Sentences
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Hosted by legendary drag queen Lady Chablis, and special guest pro hockey players Andrew Ference, Luke Prokop and Jessica Plat.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2023
Hug, 37, finished in one hour 23 minutes 48 seconds, well ahead of the Netherlands' Jetze Plat in second.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2023
The Sops of Wine apple was introduced in 1832 in England, while the Cort Pendu Plat apples are one of the orchard’s oldest.
From Washington Times • Oct. 28, 2017
But conceptual ground had already been broken, from an insider’s view, two years earlier by Mr. Korda, in an article for The Times headlined “Le Plat du Jour Is Power.”
From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2016
Pushing his way through the forests he found the road when he reached Point Au Plat, so filled with fallen trees and brushwood that his guns could not be carried forward.
From The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 by Headley, Joel Tyler
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