[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

platter \plat"ter\, n. from plat to braid.
   one who plats or braids.
   1913 webster
see also:
plat 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

platter \plat"ter\, n. probably fr. of. platel, f. plateau. see
   plateau.
   a large plate or shallow dish on which meat or other food is
   brought to the table.
   1913 webster

         the attendants . . . speedly brought in several large,
         smoking platters, filled with huge pieces of beef.
                                                  --sir w.
                                                  scott.
   1913 webster
see also:
plateau 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

platter
     n 1: a large shallow dish used for serving food
     2: sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous
        grooves; formerly used to reproduce music by rotating
        while a phonograph needle tracked in the grooves syn: phonograph
        record, phonograph recording, record, disk, disc
see also:
phonograph record phonograph recording record disk disc 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

28 moby thesaurus words for "platter":
   bulletin board, card, catalog card, disc, dish, file, filing card,
   film, index card, library catalog, magnetic tape, microcard,
   microdot, microfiche, microfilm, motion-picture film,
   phonograph record, plate, salver, scoreboard, scorecard,
   scoresheet, server, slip, tape, ticker tape, tray, videotape

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