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platter
[ plat-er ]
noun
- a large, shallow dish, usually elliptical in shape, for holding and serving food, especially meat or fish.
- a course of a meal, usually consisting of a variety of foods served on the same plate.
- Slang. a phonograph record.
- Computers. a hard disk, the rigid circular plate that rotates on a spindle within a hard disk drive, for data encoding and retrieval.
- Movie Slang. a part of a motion-picture projector, consisting of a large, horizontally rotating disk that houses a feature film.
platter
/ ˈæə /
noun
- a large shallow usually oval dish or plate, used for serving food
- a course of a meal, usually consisting of several different foods served on the same plate
a seafood platter
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of platter1
Idioms and Phrases
see under hand to on a silver platter .Example Sentences
The premise of the YouTube talk show is simple: guests must eat a platter of 10 increasingly spicy chicken wings alongside Evans while answering his questions.
Watching it is like seeing a waiter skip over with a covered silver platter, only to remove the top to reveal a watered-down, Cocomelon-level satire for iPad babies, dripping from the dish.
With a large slotted metal spatula, she scooped each crispy piece out and onto a platter lined with paper towels.
Great thrillers trust their audience to put the pieces together without being fed a major clue on a platter, and “Holland” breaks that cardinal rule right out the gate.
This week, Hart reprised his seat at the “Hot Ones” table to try his luck with a fresh platter of extra hot chicken wings and celebrate the talk show’s 10th anniversary.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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