platter

noun

plat·​ter ˈpla-tər 

1

a

: a large plate used especially for serving meat

b

: plate sense 3c(2)

2

: a phonograph record

platterful

ˈpla-tər-ˌfu̇l 

noun

Phrases

on a platter

: without effort : very easily

can have the presidency on a platter

—Jonathan Daniels

Examples of platter in a Sentence

large platters of hot turkey and ham

The chicken platter comes with fries and coleslaw.

She ordered the seafood platter.

Recent Examples on the Web

The spicy platter features awaze chicken, a hot and flavor-packed version of chicken tibs. —Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 6 June 2025

This, of course, will be a film projector, complete with platters that contained film—the material that, when light was passed through them, enabled the magic contained inside them to be projected onto the big screen. —Benny Har-Even, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025

Pool half the vinaigrette in the middle of a serving platter or divide evenly among individual salad plates. —Georgeanne Brennan, Mercury News, 5 June 2025

Another menu item that’s very Charlotte: the gyros platter. —Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2025

Word History

Etymology

Middle English plater, from Anglo-French, from plat plate

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for platter

• atter
• batter
• blatter
• catarrh
• chatter
• clatter
• fatter
• flatter
• hatter
• latter
• matter
• natter

Kids Definition

platter

noun

plat·​ter ˈplat-ər 

1

: a large plate used especially for serving meat

2

: a phonograph record