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21Plat — Plat, n. 1. The flat or broad side of a sword. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913… …
22Plat (disambiguation) — Plat most commonly refers to maps produced to subdivide an area of land into saleable lots. Plat may also refer to: *PLAT, an abbreviation for Tissue plasminogen activatoree also*Plate *Platen (disambiguation) *Platt *Plot …
23plat-joint (à) — [aplaʒwɛ̃] loc. adv. ÉTYM. Mil. XXe; de plat, et joint. ❖ ♦ Techn. Joint sans assemblage (d un ensemble de pièces de bois). || Plancher à plat joint …
24plat book — ➔ book1 * * * plat book UK US noun [C] US PROPERTY ► a group of maps that shows how a particular area is divided into streets, parks, etc., and that is available for the public to look at …
25plat..., Plat... — plat..., Plat... vgl. platy..., Platy …
26plat — piece of ground, 1517, from PLOT (Cf. plot) (q.v.), assimilated to adj. plat flat, from O.Fr. plat, perhaps from V.L. *plattus, from Gk. platys flat, wide, broad (see PLACE (Cf. place) (n.)) …
27plat — plat1 [plat] vt. platted, platting [ME platten, var. of playten: see PLAIT] Dial. to plait or braid n. Dial. a plait or braid plat2 [plat] n. [var. of PLOT, infl. by ME, flat < OFr: see PLATE …
28plat|ane — plat|an or plat|ane «PLAT uhn», noun. a plane tree: »Three tall platanes…very poor as to foliage (Joseph Conrad). ╂[< Latin platanus plane tree] …
29plat|an — or plat|ane «PLAT uhn», noun. a plane tree: »Three tall platanes…very poor as to foliage (Joseph Conrad). ╂[< Latin platanus plane tree] …
30plat|en — «PLAT uhn», noun. 1. a flat metal plate in a printing press, that presses the paper against the inked type so as to secure an impression. 2. a cylinder serving the same purpose. 3. the roller against which the paper rests in a typewriter. 4. a… …
