platter
Americannoun
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platters
plural
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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
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Disney's coverage also featured a vegetable platter being served and a rotating floor.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
A platter of summer tomatoes, tuna-belly conserva, shaved onion, and punchy olives arrives where it cannot possibly fit.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
The kitchen scenes are a combo platter of boot camp, frat house hazing ritual and kung fu movie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
"You can't offer anything on a silver platter and unfortunately, we did a couple of times."
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Lily passes Mother a platter of stuffed mushrooms.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
“I’ve made platters from their dessert section for dinner parties where it’s been a hit.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
“I knew we were gonna have dim sum,” Wang said, “or amazing, huge platters of fried rice.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
An army of servers brings out platters with choucroute, then Alsace cheeses and the traditional kougelhopf pudding.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
They also noted that “it was arranged on platters with a small wedge of lemon and some garnish.”
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026
They brought in great platters of fried cod, hash, potato balls, pumpkin mush with huge pitchers of cream, toast and butter, apple pie, and pitchers of coffee and milk.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
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