platt

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noun

A marketplace.

“straw platt”

OriginMiddle English platten →
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Meanings

platt1

nounplatt (plural platts)

plural platts

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of plat (“scheme, plan, design, map”).

    3rdly That it also be recommended to all persons concerned to have their platts passed through the Surveyor Generals Office, and, in all respects, ready for the grant, in case they shall be entitled to the same, by the said 10th of September.

    1794 July 30, minutes of the Executive council of Georgia, published in Minutes of the Executive council, from January 14, 1778, to January 6, 1785 (1908), page 684

platt2

nounplatt (countable and uncountable, plural platts)

plural platts

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete spelling of plat (“material made by interweaving, especially by interweaving straw, to make hats”).

    straw platt

    1 more example

    The versatility of his craftsmanship is likewise evidenced by the inventory which included "8½ Doz. Walking Sticks & Rodds" and "3½ Doz. Straw Hatts, some platt &c." His name appears in several account books of early Philadelphians, in 1751, […]

    c. 1750, a record, quoted in The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (1931)

platt3

nounplatt (plural platts)

plural platts

  1. CornwallobsoleteA marketplace.

Platt4

proper noun
  1. rarePlattdeutsch, Low German

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:Platt.

Platt5

proper noun
  1. A village in Zellerndorf municipality, Hollabrunn district, Lower Austria.
  2. A village and civil parish in Tonbridge and Malling district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6257).
  3. An unincorporated community in DeSoto County, Florida, United States.
  4. A ghost town in Angelina County, Texas, United States.

Platt6

proper noun
  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

platt · noun

From Early Modern English platte, a variation (probably dialectal) of plot (“plot of land”); see plat and plot for more.

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platt · noun

  1. Middle Englishplatten
  2. Englishplatt

From Middle English platten, whence also plait; see plat.

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Platt · proper noun

  1. Low GermanPlatt
  2. GermanPlatt
  3. EnglishPlatt

From German Platt, Low German Platt or Clipping of Plattdeutsch.

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Platt · proper noun

  1. Old Frenchplat“footbridge”
  2. EnglishPlatt

English habitational surname from Platt Bridge, from Old French plat (“footbridge”).

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Cite this entry
APA

platt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/platt

MLA

“platt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/platt. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “platt,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/platt.

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