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platter

plat·ter

US/ˈplætɜr/ fairly common

noun

1.
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

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Origin

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

Phrases

  • charcuterie platter
  • give someone his head on a platter
  • hand someone his head on a platter
  • hand someone their head on a platter
  • on a platter
  • platter lift
  • platter pull
  • splatter platter

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