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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

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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

Auburn is also one of many cities that allows for final plat applications to be administratively approved.

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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