platter

  • 11platter — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. trencher, tray, waiter, dish, plate. See receptacle, horizontal. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. tray, serving platter, well and tree platter, meat platter, silver platter, salver, trencher; see also dish 1 …

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  • 12platter — plat|ter [ˈplætə US ər] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Anglo French; Origin: plater, from French plat plate ; PLATE1] 1.) especially AmE a large plate from which food is served ▪ a serving platter platter of ▪ a platter of turkey and vegetables …

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  • 13platter — 1. AND plate n. home base or home plate in baseball. (Usually with the.) □ The batter stepped up to the platter. □ The ump dusted off the plate. 2. n. a phonograph record. (Old but still heard.) □ Now, here’s an interesting platter …

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  • 14platter — plat|ter [ plætər ] noun count 1. ) a large plate used for serving food a ) a meal with a particular type of food, served on a large plate in a restaurant: a seafood platter 2. ) OLD FASHIONED a record that music has been recorded on on a… …

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  • 15platter — [[t]plæ̱tə(r)[/t]] platters 1) N COUNT A platter is a large, flat plate used for serving food. [mainly AM] The food was being served on silver platters. ...platters of ham and chicken sandwiches. 2) N COUNT A platter is a large flat plate which… …

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  • 16platter — /ˈplætə / (say platuh) noun 1. a large, shallow dish, commonly oval, for holding or serving meat, etc. 2. Music Colloquial a. a record (def. 18). b. the revolving turntable on which a record sits. –phrase 3. deliver someone s head on a platter,… …

  • 17platter — noun 1》 a large flat serving dish.     ↘a meal or selection of food placed on a platter. 2》 the rotating metal disc forming the turntable of a record player.     ↘informal, dated a gramophone record.     ↘Computing a rigid rotating disk on which… …

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  • 18platter — See: HAND SOMETHING TO ONE ON A SILVER PLATTER …

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  • 19platter — See: HAND SOMETHING TO ONE ON A SILVER PLATTER …

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  • 20Platter — Magnetplatte; HDD; Plattenlaufwerk; Harddisk; Platte (umgangssprachlich); Festplatte * * * Plạtter,   1) Felix, schweizerischer Mediziner und Schriftsteller, * Basel 28. 10. 1536, ✝ ebenda 28. 7. 1614, Sohn von 2); war seit 1571 Stadtarzt und …

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