Plat

Pronunciation

• Homophones: plait
• Rhymes: -æt

From Middle English platten, pletten, from Old English plættan ("to buffet, strike, slap, smack, to give a sounding blow"), from Proto-Germanic *platjaną ("to strike, beat"), from Proto-Indo-European *b(e)lad-, *b(e)led- ("to strike, beat"). Cognate with Middle Dutch platten, pletten

Dutch pletteren}, German platzen ("to burst, split, break up, bounce"), Swedish plätta ("to tap, pat"). Compare Old English plætt ("slap, smack, a sounding blow"). See pat.

Full definition of plat

Verb

1. (transitive) To strike with the hand; slap.

Middle English, akin to plait.

Noun

1. A braid; a plait.
• ShakespeareHer hair, nor loose, nor tied in formal plat.

Verb

1. To braid, to plait.
• Bible, Matthew xxvii. 29They had platted a crown of thorns.

From Early Modern English platte, a variation (probably dialectal) of plot. More at plot.

Noun

1. A plot of land; a lot.
• 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.ii.3:The best soil commonly yields the worst air, a dry sandy plat is fittest to build upon, and such as is rather hilly than plain ...
• MiltonThis flowery plat, the sweet recess of Eve.
• TennysonI keep smooth plat of fruitful ground.
2. A map showing property lines, especially as a legal document.

Verb

1. To create a plat, to lay out streets and building lots; to map.

Abbreviation for platinum.

Noun

1. (online gaming) Abbreviation for platinum coins, a currency used in the massively multiplayer online game Ultima Online.

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Noun

1. (obsolete) The flat or broad side of a sword.
2. (obsolete, UK, dialect) A plot; a plan; a design; a diagram, map, or chart.
• Richard HakluytTo note all the islands, and to set them down in plat.

Adjective

1. (obsolete) Plain; flat; level.

Adverb

1. (obsolete) Plainly; flatly; downright.
• Rom. of R.But, sir, ye lie, I tell you plat.
2. (obsolete) Flatly; smoothly; evenly.

Anagrams

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