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noun
- 1. a plot of land: "they looked out over the plats of dark ground"
verb
- 1. plan out or make a map of (an area of land, especially a proposed site for construction): "he bought back the site, platted it, and named it after his realtor"
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Plat. A plat map that shows the location of a lot for sale. In the United States, a plat ( / plæt / [1] or / plɑːt /) [2] ( plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land.
noun (1) : plait. plat. 3 of 5. noun (2) 1. : a small piece of ground (such as a lot or quadrat) : plot. 2. : a plan, map, or chart of a piece of land with actual or proposed features (such as lots) also : the land represented. plat. 4 of 5. verb (2) platted; platting. transitive verb. : to make a plat of. plat. 5 of 5. abbreviation. 1. plateau.
noun. a plait or braid. verb (used with object) , plat·ted, plat·ting. to plait; braid. plat- 3. variant of platy-. plat. 4. abbreviation for. plateau. platoon. 1. / plæt / noun. a small area of ground; plot.
noun. a map showing planned or actual features of an area (streets and building lots etc.) see more. verb. make a plat of. “ Plat the town”. synonyms: plot. see more.
n. 1. A piece of land; a plot. 2. A map showing actual or planned features, such as streets and building lots. tr.v. plat·ted, plat·ting, plats. To make a plat of: plat a new town. [Middle English, probably alteration (influenced by plat, something flat) of plot; see plot .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
noun. a small area of ground; plot. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. C16 (also occurring in Middle English in place names): originally variant of plot2. Word Frequency.
Plat Definition. To plait or braid. To make a map or plan of. To strike with the hand; slap. To create a plat, to lay out streets and building lots; to map. A plait or braid. A small piece of ground. A map or plan, esp. of a piece of land divided into building lots.
plat 1 (plat), USA pronunciation n., v., plat•ted, plat•ting. n. a plot of ground. a plan or map, as of land. v.t. to make a plat of; plot.
The earliest known use of the noun plat is in the mid 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for plat is from 1766, in the writing of Tobias Smollett, writer. plat is a borrowing from French.
OED's earliest evidence for plat is from 1556, in a translation by Ralph Robinson, translator. It is also recorded as a noun from the Middle English period (1150—1500). plat is formed within English, by conversion.
