plat
(noun) a map showing planned or actual features of an area (streets and building lots etc.)
plat, plot
(verb) make a plat of; “Plat the town”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
plat (plural plats)
A plot of land; a lot.
A map showing the boundaries of real properties (delineating one or more plots of land), especially one that forms part of a legal document.
(obsolete) A plot, a scheme.
plat (third-person singular simple present plats, present participle platting, simple past and past participle platted)
(transitive) To create a plat; to lay out property lots and streets; to map.
plat (plural plats)
A braid; a plait (of hair, straw, etc.).
Material produced by braiding or interweaving, especially a material of interwoven straw from which straw hats are made.
plat (third-person singular simple present plats, present participle platting, simple past and past participle platted)
(dated, except, regional England) To braid, to plait.
plat (comparative more plat, superlative most plat)
(obsolete, except, Scotland) Flat; level; (by extension) frank, on the level.
plat (comparative more plat, superlative most plat)
(obsolete, except, Scotland) Flatly, plainly.
Synonyms: bluntly, directly, straightforwardly
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Source: Wiktionary
Plat, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Platted; p. pr. & vb. n. Platting.] Etym: [See Plait.]
Definition: To form by interlaying interweaving; to braid; to plait. "They had platted a crown of thorns." Matt. xxvii. 29.
Plat, n.
Definition: Work done by platting or braiding; a plait. Her hair, nor loose, nor tied in formal plat. Shak.
Plat, n. Etym: [Cf. Plat flat, which perh. caused this spelling, and Plot a piece of ground.]
Definition: 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, v. t.
Definition: To lay out in plats or plots, as ground.
Plat, a. Etym: [F. plat. See Plate, n.]
Definition: Plain; flat; level. [Obs.] Gower.
Plat, adv.
1. Plainly; flatly; downright. [Obs.] But, sir, ye lie, I tell you plat. Rom. of R.
2. Flatly; smoothly; evenly. [Obs.] Drant.
Plat, n.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
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