Definition of PLATTER

platter

Plural: platters

Noun

  • A large, shallow dish used for serving food.
  • a large shallow dish used for serving food
  • sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
  • A tray for serving foods.
  • A main dish and side dishes served together on one plate.
  • The hard surface of a turntable on which a gramophone record rests when being played.
  • A vinyl record.
  • One of possibly many disks on which data is stored in a mechanical hard drive.
  • One who plats/plaits or braids.

Examples

  • The winning Words With Friends team was served their celebratory snacks on a grand platter.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

disc, disk, phonograph record, phonograph recording, record, braider, plaiter

Scrabble Score: 9

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

Words With Friends Score: 11

platter: valid Words With Friends Word