platter
nounEtymology From plat + -er.
1
One who plats/plaits or braids.
platter
nounEtymology From Middle English plater, from Anglo-Norman plater, dissimilatory variant of platel, from Old French plate (“metal plate”) (see plate). Doublet of plateau.
1
A tray for serving foods.
- While his lov'd partner boastful of her hoard, Displays the cleanly platter on the board;1765, Oliver Goldsmith, The Traveller, or, A Prospect of Society:
2
A main dish and side dishes served together on one plate.
3
The hard surface of a turntable on which a gramophone record rests when being played.
4
A vinyl record.
- Artists are quick to blame the record company for failing to promote their follow-up platter.1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page vii:
5
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences One of possibly many disks on which data is stored in a mechanical hard drive.
- Derived terms
- charcuterie platter, give someone his head on a platter, hand someone his head on a platter, hand someone their head on a platter, lick-platter, multiplatter, on a platter, platter-faced, platterful, platterless, platterlike, platter pull, splatter platter
- Related terms
- platter lift, on a silver platter, silver platter