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platters

platters is the plural of platter.

Meaning of platter

Noun (1)

platter (plural platters)

  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. One of possibly many disks on which data is stored in a mechanical hard drive.

Noun (2)

platter (plural platters)

  1. One who plats/plaits or braids.
    Synonyms:
    plaiter, braider

See all 7 meanings of platter

Proper noun capitalized: Platters

Platters

  1. (plural) plural of Platter

Phrases with platters

Questions about platters

What is platters the plural of?
Platters is the plural of platter.
What part of speech is platters?
Platters is a proper noun.

Words near platters in the dictionary

  1. platter-faced
  2. platterful
  3. platterfuls
  4. platterless
  5. platterlike
  6. platters
  7. plattersful
  8. Plattes
  9. Platteville
  10. platting
  11. plattings

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