plat
1 of 5verb (1)
transitive verb
plat
2 of 5noun (1)
plat
3 of 5noun (2)
plat
4 of 5verb (2)
transitive verb
plat
5 of 5abbreviation
Synonyms
Noun (1)
- braid
- lace
- lacing
- plait
Noun (2)
- clearing
- field
- ground
- lot
- parcel
- plot
- tract
Word History
Verb (1)
Middle English platten, probably variant of pleiten "to fold, pleat entry 1," by generalization of the past tense and past participle forms platte, plattid, formed by analogy with thratte, past of threten "to make a threat, threaten"
Note: This etymology is suggested by Oxford English Dictionary, third edition, following E. J. Dobson, English Pronunciation, 1500-1700, vol. 2, p. 782. Middle English Dictionary lists platten as a separate verb, taken to be a verbal derivative of plat "flat, smooth," with "meaning influenced by pleiten."
Noun (1)
noun derivative of plat entry 1
Noun (2)
Middle English, probably alteration of plot
Verb (1)
14th century, in the meaning defined above
Noun (1)
14th century, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb (2)
1589, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing plat
Legal Definition
plat
noun
platings
noun
Synonyms & Similar Words
- plates
- carapaces
- shields
- armors
- housings
- sheaths
- hulls
- casings
- shells
- jackets
- mails
- coverings
- panoplies
- pods
- crusts
- houses
- husks
- exoskeletons
- capsules
- coatings
- cassettes
- cartridges
- cocoons
- cases
- encasements
- covers
- barks
- skins
- casettes
- packages
- envelopes
- facings
- hides
- cuticles
- wrappers
- backings
- covertures
- micrologist
- micrologists
- microluces
- microlux
- microluxes
- micromachine
- micromachining
- micromanage
- micromanaged
- micromanagement
- micromanagements
- micromanager
- micromanagers
- micromanages
- micromanaging
- micromanipulation
- micromanipulations
- micromanipulator
- micromanipulators
- micromembrane
- micromere
- micromeres
- Micromeria
- micromeriae
- micromerias