platter
See also: Platter
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Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English plater, from Anglo-Norman plater, dissimilatory variant of platel, from Old French plate (“metal plate”) (see plate). Doublet of plateau.
Noun edit
platter (plural platters)
- A tray for serving foods.
- 1765, Oliver Goldsmith, The Traveller, or, A Prospect of Society:
- While his lov'd partner boastful of her hoard,
Displays the cleanly platter on the board;
- A main dish and side dishes served together on one plate.
- The hard surface of a turntable on which a gramophone record rests when being played.
- A vinyl record.
- 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page vii:
- Artists are quick to blame the record company for failing to promote their follow-up platter.
- (computing) One of possibly many disks on which data is stored in a mechanical hard drive.
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tray for serving food
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part of a turntable on which a gramophone record rests
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hard disc component
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Etymology 2 edit
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platter (plural platters)
References edit
- “platter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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platter
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platter
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platter
- Alternative form of plater