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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

plat 2 British  
/ plæt /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of plait

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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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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