Platte

American  

[plat] / plæt /

noun

1. a river flowing E from the junction of the North and South Platte rivers in central Nebraska to the Missouri River S of Omaha. 310 miles (500 km) long.

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Platte British  

/ plæt /

noun

1. a river system of the central US, formed by the confluence of the North Platte and South Platte at North Platte, Nebraska: flows generally east to the Missouri River. Length: 499 km (310 miles)

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Example Sentences

A new plant, Sustainable Beef in North Platte, Neb., opened earlier this year about 60 miles west of Lexington.

From The Wall Street Journal

“When it was my child, it just flipped a switch. And it was like a wake-up,” says Farr, who is suing the Platte County School District on Kansas City’s outskirts.

From Seattle Times

“When it was my child, it just flipped a switch,” says Farr, who is suing the Platte County School District on Kansas City’s outskirts.

From Seattle Times

After the National Park Service stopped dredging the Platte River at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore on Michigan’s lower peninsula, built-up sediment created a sandbar separating fishermen from a coho salmon run.

From New York Times

“There was then an influx in the number of fishermen that came to Platte River boat launch to take advantage of the favorable conditions of access created by the new channel.”

From Seattle Times