Definition of PLAT

plat

Plural: plats

Noun

  • a map showing planned or actual features of an area (streets and building lots etc.)
  • A plot of land; a lot.
  • A map showing the boundaries of real properties (delineating one or more plots of land), especially one that forms part of a legal document.
  • A plot, a scheme.
  • A braid; a plait (of hair, straw, etc.).
  • Material produced by braiding or interweaving, especially a material of interwoven straw from which straw hats are made.
  • Clipping of platform
  • Clipping of platform game

Verb

Verb Forms: platted, platting, plats

  • To braid or interweave strands, especially hair; to plait.
  • make a plat of
    • "Plat the town"
  • To create a plat; to lay out property lots and streets; to map.
  • To braid, to plait.

Adj

  • Flat; level; (by extension) frank, on the level.

Adv

  • Flatly, plainly.

Examples

  • He tried to PLAT his letters into a word, but they remained stubbornly uncooperative.

Origin / Etymology

The noun is derived from Middle English plat, platte (“flat part of a sword; flat piece of ground, plot of ground”), probably a variant of Middle English plot, (modern English plot) and influenced by Middle English plat, plate (modern English plate) and Anglo-Norman, Middle French and Old French plat. See platy-, plaice, flat.
The verb is derived from the noun.

Scrabble Score: 6

plat: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
plat: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
plat: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

plat: valid Words With Friends Word