platter
Americannoun
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a large, shallow dish, usually elliptical in shape, for holding and serving food, especially meat or fish.
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a course of a meal, usually consisting of a variety of foods served on the same plate.
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Slang. a phonograph record.
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Computers. a hard disk, the rigid circular plate that rotates on a spindle within a hard disk drive, for data encoding and retrieval.
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Movie Slang. a part of a motion-picture projector, consisting of a large, horizontally rotating disk that houses a feature film.
noun
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a large shallow usually oval dish or plate, used for serving food
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a course of a meal, usually consisting of several different foods served on the same plate
a seafood platter
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Etymology
Origin of platter
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English plater, from Anglo-French, derivative of plat “dish”; see origin at plate 1, -er 2
Example Sentences
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Stick a toothpick in the center, serve on a large platter and enjoy.
From Salon • Jun. 28, 2026
Bodner was fired after expensing a Super Bowl platter, complete with deli meats, cookies and Buffalo wings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026
It made me kill some of my darlings and really focus on what I want this sampler platter to be.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026
Tuchel also warned Chelsea's Cole Palmer that a place in the Three Lions squad for the World Cup will not be handed to him on a "silver platter".
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
Gogolev brandished the cover of the platter like a shield.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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