plat
noun
a plot of ground.
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plat
1 American
[plat]
/ plæt /
noun
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a plot of ground.
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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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Some were “dream towns” imagined by real estate developers, planned and platted and sold, but never born.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2022
The policies effectively platted South Los Angeles as a zone of enduring inequity for subsequent waves of immigrants, whether from Louisiana, Mexico or El Salvador.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2021
In 1884, he platted the town, named for a railroad official.
From Washington Times • Jun. 10, 2018
Lyon Village was enlarged when adjacent blocks were platted with a more grid-like pattern from the 1930s to the 1950s.
From Washington Post • Jun. 6, 2017
The village was platted in 1857, by Marion T. Chandler.
From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by Folsom, William Henry Carman
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