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
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
It’s sort of sleepy at the moment, like a city that has been platted but not fully built, with a lot of open space.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2023
Some were “dream towns” imagined by real estate developers, planned and platted and sold, but never born.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2022
Most of Dansville hadn’t been platted, meaning there was no legal map showing divisions of the land.
From Washington Times • Jun. 15, 2018
Failing to agree, they platted their land grants each as he preferred, producing today’s colliding grids.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2018
These they cover with mats made of rushes platted, or with birch bark, which they carry with them in their canoes for this purpose.
From Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi by Bushnell, David Ives
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