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transitive verb platted, platting

Dialectal to plait or braid

Origin: ME platten, var. of playten: see plait

noun

Dialectal a plait or braid

noun

a small piece of ground
a map or plan, esp. of a piece of land divided into building lots

Origin: var. of plot, infl. by ME, flat < OFr: see plate

transitive verb platted, platting

to make a map or plan of

plateau
Mil. platoon

platy-

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transitive verb plat·ted, plat·ting, plats

To plait or braid.

noun

A braid.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English platen

Origin: , alteration of plaiten, to fold, braid; see plait

noun

A piece of land; a plot.
A map showing actual or planned features, such as streets and building lots.

transitive verb plat·ted, plat·ting, plats

To make a plat of: plat a new town.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , probably alteration (influenced by plat, something flat)

Origin: of plot; see plot

abbreviation

plateau
platoon

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