platter

[ plat-er ]

/ ˈplæt ər /

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noun

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.

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Origin of platter

1250–1300; Middle English plater < Anglo-French, derivative of plat dish. See plate¹, -er²

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A Wikipedia that we create in common is more meaningful than would be the same Wikipedia handed to us on a platter.
You Can Look It Up: The Wikipedia Story|Walter Isaacson|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“All that blood and treasure and we might as well have handed Baghdad to Tehran on a platter,” I shouted.
Iraq Is Not Our War Anymore. Let It Be Iran’s Problem.|Christopher Dickey|July 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A decaying statue of St. Lucia, patron saint of the blind, holds a platter with two eyes.
The Sacrificial Limbs of New Orleans|Nina Strochlic|March 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was conducted around a platter of pastrami sandwiches cut into quarters.
My Moments With Ariel Sharon|Seth Lipsky|January 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST

When the waiters appeared at Penny's shoulder with the main course on a platter, the prince was mid-anecdote.
A Great (if Random) Rod Stewart / Prince Charles Story|Tom Sykes|January 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Too many "make clean the outside of the cup and platter, but within, they are full of extortion and excess."
A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin|A. Woodward
Lay your made sandwiches on a platter under a dry cloth with a double damp one on top of it.
Dishes & Beverages of the Old South|Martha McCulloch Williams
Place triangles of toast in center of platter, arrange cutlets standing around toast.
California Mexican-Spanish Cook Book|Bertha Haffner-Ginger
Place on a platter and put a thick piece of parboiled beef marrow, with one fried egg, on top.
The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book|Victor Hirtzler
He buttered a second slice of toast and scooped the last piece of bacon from the platter.
Dan Carter and the Cub Honor|Mildred A. Wirt

British Dictionary definitions for platter

platter

/ (ˈplætə) /

noun

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 platter

platter

late 13c., platere, from Anglo-French plater, from Old French plate "metal plate" (see plate (n.)).

Idioms and Phrases with platter

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see under hand to on a silver platter.

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