Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

platter

/plˈætɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.25 in modern English

Syllables
plat-ter
IPA
/plˈætɚ/
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tray for serving foods.

noun

A main dish and side dishes served together on one plate.

noun

The hard surface of a turntable on which a gramophone record rests when being played.

noun

A vinyl record.

noun

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

noun

One who plats/plaits or braids.

name

A surname.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English plater, from Anglo-Norman plater, dissimilatory variant of platel, from Old French plate (“metal plate”) (see plate). Doublet of plateau.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Music.

Inflected Forms

platters (plural)

Derived Forms

multiplatter platterful platterless platterlike

Phrases

charcuterie platter give someone his head on a platter hand someone his head on a platter hand someone their head on a platter lick-platter on a platter platter-faced platter pull

Frequently Paired Words

platter lift on a silver platter silver platter

Synonyms

plaiter braider phonograph record phonograph recording record disk disc

Rhymes With

matter latter batter scatter chatter flatter shatter fatter hatter splatter patter clatter

Questions

How do you pronounce platter?
The recorded pronunciation is /plˈætɚ/.
What does platter mean?
A tray for serving foods.
Where does platter come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce platter

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