plat Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a map showing planned or actual features of an area (streets and building lots etc.)
  2. verb make a plat of
    plot.
    • Plat the town

WordNet

Plat transitive verb
Etymology
See Plait.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Platted; present participle & verbal noun Platting
Definitions
  1. To form by interlaying interweaving; to braid; to plait. "They had platted a crown of thorns." Matt. xxvii. 29.
Plat noun
Definitions
  1. Work done by platting or braiding; a plait.
    Her hair, nor loose, nor tied in formal plat. Shak.
Plat noun
Etymology
Cf. Plat flat, which perh. caused this spelling, and Plot a piece of ground.
Definitions
  1. A small piece or plot of ground laid out with some design, or for a special use; usually, a portion of flat, even ground.
    This flowery plat, the sweet recess of Eve. Milton.
    I keep smooth plat of fruitful ground. Tennyson.
Plat transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To lay out in plats or plots, as ground.
Plat adjective
Etymology
F. plat. See Plate, n.
Definitions
  1. Plain; flat; level. Obs. Gower.
Plat adverb
Definitions
  1. Plainly; flatly; downright. Obs.
    But, sir, ye lie, I tell you plat. Rom. of R.
  2. Flatly; smoothly; evenly. Obs. Drant.
Plat noun
Definitions
  1. The flat or broad side of a sword. Obs. or Prov. Eng. Chaucer.
  2. A plot; a plan; a design; a diagram; a map; a chart. Obs. or Prov. Eng. "To note all the islands, and to set them down in plat." Hakluyt.

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