platter
platter noun: a tray for serving foods.
Noun (1)
platter (plural platters)
- 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
- While his lov'd partner boastful of her hoard,
- 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.
- 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
- One of possibly many disks on which data is stored in a mechanical hard drive.
Noun (2)
platter (plural platters)
- One who plats/plaits or braids.
Proper noun capitalized: Platter
Platter (plural Platters)
- A surname.
platter meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
platter in Hindi
- tray for serving food
- थाली thālī
platter in Tamil
- tray for serving food
- தட்டு taṭṭu
platter in Urdu
- tray for serving food
- تشت tasht, طشت tasht, تھالی thālī, خوان xān or xvān
platter in Bengali
- বড়ো পরিবেশন থালা
More languagesFewer languages
- platter in Malayalam
- താലം, പാത്രം, വലിയ താമ്പാളം, ഗ്രാമഫോൺ റെക്കാർഡ്
- platter in Kannada
- ಗಂಗಳ, ಊಟದ ತಟ್ಟೆ
- platter in Punjabi
- ਪਲਟਰ
- platter in Gujarati
- પ્લેટર
- platter in Odia
- ପ୍ଲାଟର
- platter in Nepali
- थाल thāl
Examples of platter in a sentence
- I order the low priced combo platter: a taco, a burrito and a chimichanga.
- We'll take three burger platters. Make one a deluxe, please.
- Can we order the seafood platter as a sharer?
Synonyms of platter
Forms of platter
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | platters |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Platters |
Origin of platter
From Middle English plater, from Anglo-Norman plater, dissimilatory variant of platel, from Old French plate (“metal plate”) (see plate). Doublet of plateau.
From plat + -er.
Words formed from platter
- 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
- sizzle platter
- splatter platter
Phrases with platter
Words that rhyme with platter
Questions about platter
- What does platter mean?
- Platter means a tray for serving foods.
- What is platter in Hindi?
- Platter in Hindi is थाली (thālī). See Platter meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is platter?
- Platter can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of platter?
- The plural of platter is platters.
Words near platter in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: platter (page history and authors); Platter (page history and authors); platter (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); platter (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); platter (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); platter (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); platter (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); platter (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); थाल (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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