platter
pronunciation
How to pronounce platter in British English:
UK [ˈplætə(r)]
How to pronounce platter in American English:
US [ ˈplætər]
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- Noun:
- a large shallow dish used for serving food
- sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous grooves; formerly used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracked in the grooves
Word Origin
- platter
- platter: see plate
- platter (n.)
- late 13c., platere, from Anglo-French plater, from Old French plate "metal plate" (see plate (n.)).
Example
- 1. The " platter " outlines seven types of mental activities the brain needs for optimal healthy functioning .
- 2. And maybe they can have you on a silver platter .
- 3. I cracked the platter when I knocked it against the table .
- 4. Finally a platter . Just what I always wanted ever since I was a little boy .
- 5. And brought his head on a platter , and gave it to the girl , and the girl gave it to her mother .