plat
plat¹
Definition
plat (plat)
transitive verb plat′·ted, plat′·ting
Dialectal to plait or braid
Etymology: ME platten, var. of playten: see plait
noun
Dialectal a plait or braid
plat²
Definition
plat (plat)
noun
- a small piece of ground
- a map or plan, esp. of a piece of land divided into building lots
transitive verb plat′·ted, plat′·ting
to make a map or plan of
plat³
Definition
plat
- plateau
- Mil. platoon
plat
Law Definition
n
A small map showing the location of a piece of property
in the context of adjoining lots, roads, and landmarks; a small piece of land.
Also known as plot.
plat
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- ground: I was going, to-day, by the side of a plat of ground, where there was a very fine flock of turkeys.
- fruit: Mfd has plat of fruits de mer, M langoustines ( oops, how do you eat them?
Converse of object
- have: Mfd has plat of fruits de mer, M langoustines ( oops, how do you eat them?
- make: Make a plat, pressing gently at the center to prevent the loaf from breaking up.
Adjective modifier
- good: This is a charming little restaurant, with a good value plat du jour and a wide selection of simple inexpensive meals.
Modifies a noun
- map: I was looking at a plat map of her neighborhood!
- form: These have included fish passes, angling plat forms, fish traps and lime dosers.
- band: Plat band at attic floor level, recently pointed with dark gray OPC mortar.
Noun used with modifier
- township: Obtain patents from the BLM Eastern States Office, which also has copies of the tract books and township plats.
- grass: Between 1599 and 1659 the layout of the garden was changed from the elaborate heraldic Tudor garden to four grass plats containing fine statuary.
- cobnut: Cobnut plats are a valuable landscape, conservation and cultural resource.
- value: The value plats is immense, supporting important species such as the dormouse with the grassland under the trees supporting a diverse flora.
Browse dictionary entries near plat
- -plasy
- -plasty
- plastron
- plastogene
- plastisol
- plastique
- plastid
- plasticizer
- plasticize
- plasticity
- plat du jour
- plat-
- Plata
- Plataea
- platan
- plate
- plate block
- plate glass
- plate rail
- plate tectonics
