Associations to the word «Plat»

Wiktionary

PLAT, noun. A braid; a plait (of hair).
PLAT, noun. Material produced by braiding or interweaving, especially a material of interwoven straw from which straw hats are made.
PLAT, verb. To braid, to plait.
PLAT, noun. A plot of land; a lot.
PLAT, noun. A map showing property lines (delineating one or more plots of land), especially as a legal document.
PLAT, noun. (obsolete) A plot, a scheme.
PLAT, verb. To create a plat (formal plan or property lines), to lay out streets and building lots; to map.
PLAT, adjective. (obsolete) Flat; level; (by extension) on the level, frank.
PLAT, adverb. (obsolete) Plainly; flatly.
PLAT DU JOUR, noun. The special dish for the day in a restaurant

Dictionary definition

PLAT, noun. A map showing planned or actual features of an area (streets and building lots etc.).
PLAT, verb. Make a plat of; "Plat the town".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats