platter Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a large shallow dish used for serving food
  2. noun sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
    phonograph recording; phonograph record; record; disc; disk.

WordNet

Plat"ter noun
Etymology
From Plat to braid.
Definitions
  1. One who plats or braids.
Plat"ter noun
Etymology
Probably fr. OF. platel, F. plateau. See Plateau.
Definitions
  1. A large plate or shallow dish on which meat or other food is brought to the table.
    The attendants . . . speedly brought in several large, smoking platters, filled with huge pieces of beef. Sir W. Scott.

Webster 1913