- platter
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Platter — may refer to: * Platter (album), by Jock Cheese *Platter (dinner), a meal of several components served together on a platter or in a basket *Platter (dishware), large dish used for serving food *Platter (turntable) *Hard disk platter, part of a… … Wikipedia
Platter — ist der Name von Bruno Platter (* 1944), Hochmeister des Deutschen Ordens Felix Platter (1536–1614), Schweizer Mediziner und autobiographischer Schriftsteller Günther Platter (* 1954), österreichischer Politiker, Landeshauptmann von Tirol Thomas… … Deutsch Wikipedia
platter — ► NOUN 1) a large flat serving dish. 2) the rotating metal disc forming the turntable of a record player. 3) Computing a rigid rotating disk on which data is stored in a disk drive; a hard disk. ● be handed something on a (silver) platter Cf. ↑be … English terms dictionary
Platter — Plat ter, n. [From {Plat} to braid.] One who plats or braids. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Platter — Plat ter, n. [Probably fr. OF. platel, F. plateau. See {Plateau}.] A large plate or shallow dish on which meat or other food is brought to the table. [1913 Webster] The attendants . . . speedly brought in several large, smoking platters, filled… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Platter — Platter, Thomas, Gelehrter, geb. 10. Febr. 1499 zu Grenchen bei Visp in Wallis von armen Eltern, gest. 26. Jan. 1582 in Basel, diente in seiner Jugend als Ziegenhirt, kam zu einem Pfarrer in die Lehre, durchzog mehrere Jahre hindurch Deutschland… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Platter — (Plater), Thom., Gelehrter, geb. 10. Febr. 1499 im Kanton Wallis, zeitweilig Buchdrucker in Basel, gest. 26. Jan. 1582. – Sein Sohn Felix P., geb. 1536, Arzt und Lehrer an der Universität Basel, gest. 28. Juli 1614. Beider Selbstbiogr. hg. von… … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
platter — (n.) late 13c., platere, from Anglo Fr. plater, O.Fr. plate (see PLATE (Cf. plate) (n.)) … Etymology dictionary
platter — [plat′ər] n. [ME plater < Anglo Fr < OFr plat: see PLATE] 1. a large, shallow dish, usually oval, for serving food, esp. meat or fish 2. the circular, motor driven surface of a turntable on which phonograph records are played ☆ 3. Slang… … English World dictionary
platter — UK [ˈplætə(r)] / US [ˈplætər] noun [countable] Word forms platter : singular platter plural platters a) a large plate used for serving food b) a meal with a particular type of food, served on a large plate in a restaurant a seafood platter • on a … English dictionary
platter — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. trencher, tray, waiter, dish, plate. See receptacle, horizontal. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. tray, serving platter, well and tree platter, meat platter, silver platter, salver, trencher; see also dish 1 … English dictionary for students
