platter
[plat-er]
- 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
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Contemporary Examples
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
"That's the outside o' the cup an' platter," she said knowingly.
Tiverton TalesAlice Brown
Tsian Tang brought out a platter of red amber on which lay a carbuncle.
The Chinese Fairy BookVarious
She held so fast by the fine polish of the outside of the cup and platter.
The First ViolinJessie Fothergill
She could see well enough when she was trying to pick a choice morsel from the platter.
L'AssommoirEmile Zola
She picked up a platter and proceeded to wipe it, quite as a matter of course.
The Woman-HatersJoseph C. Lincoln
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
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Word Origin
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
n.
late 13c., platere, from Anglo-French plater, from Old French plate "metal plate" (see plate (n.)).
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Idioms and Phrases with platter
platter
see under hand to on a silver platter.
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