I. ˈplad.ə(r), -atə- noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English plater, from Anglo-French, from Old French plat plate — more at plate
1. : a large shallow plate used especially for serving meat
2.
a. or platter hat : a woman's low-crowned hat that is distinctly flat in silhouette
b. : any of various broad flat objects
the theater is … a cunningly contrived platter of steel pipes and wooden planks — New Yorker
c. : a phonograph record or electrical transcription record
d. : home plate
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- on a platter
II. noun
( -s )
Etymology: plat (IX) + -er
: one that plats
subdividers and platters of land
III. noun
: disk 1 herein ; especially : hard disk herein