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plat1 definition

plat (plat)

transitive verb platted plat′·ted, platting 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

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

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

transitive verb platted plat′·ted, platting plat′·ting

to make a map or plan of
plat3 definition

plat

  1. plateau
  2. Mil. platoon

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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