See more synonyms for platter on Thesaurus.com- a large, shallow dish, usually elliptical in shape, for holding and serving food, especially meat or fish.
- a course of a meal, usually consisting of a variety of foods served on the same plate.
- Slang. a phonograph record.
- Movie Slang. a part of a motion-picture projector, consisting of a large, horizontally rotating disk that houses a feature film.
Origin of platter
1250–1300; Middle English plater <
Anglo-French, derivative of
plat dish. See
plate1,
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Contemporary Examples of platter
A Wikipedia that we create in common is more meaningful than would be the same Wikipedia handed to us on a platter.
“All that blood and treasure and we might as well have handed Baghdad to Tehran on a platter,” I shouted.
A decaying statue of St. Lucia, patron saint of the blind, holds a platter with two eyes.
It was conducted around a platter of pastrami sandwiches cut into quarters.
When the waiters appeared at Penny's shoulder with the main course on a platter, the prince was mid-anecdote.
Historical Examples of platter
"That's the outside o' the cup an' platter," she said knowingly.
Tsian Tang brought out a platter of red amber on which lay a carbuncle.
She held so fast by the fine polish of the outside of the cup and platter.
She could see well enough when she was trying to pick a choice morsel from the platter.
She picked up a platter and proceeded to wipe it, quite as a matter of course.
British Dictionary definitions for platter- a large shallow usually oval dish or plate, used for serving food
- a course of a meal, usually consisting of several different foods served on the same platea seafood platter
Word Origin for platter
C14: from Anglo-Norman plater, from plat dish, from Old French plat flat; see plate
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Word Origin and History for plattern.late 13c., platere, from Anglo-French plater, from Old French plate "metal plate" (see plate (n.)).
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Idioms and Phrases with plattersee under hand to on a silver platter.
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