platter
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Etymology 1
From Middle English plater, from Anglo-Norman plater, dissimilatory variant of platel, from Old French plate (“metal plate”) (see plate). Doublet of plateau.
Noun
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.
Derived terms
Translations
tray for serving food
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part of a turntable on which a gramophone record rests
hard disc component
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See also
- platter lift
- on a silver platter
- silver platter
Etymology 2
Noun
platter (plural platters)
References
- “platter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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German
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Adjective
platter
Luxembourgish
Adjective
platter
Middle English
Noun
platter
- Alternative form of plater
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