Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To create a plat; to lay out property lots and streets; to map.

  2. To braid, to plait.

More definitions
  • make a plot of

Origin

The noun is derived from Middle English plat, platte (“flat part of a sword; flat piece of

The noun is derived from Middle English plat, platte (“flat part of a sword; flat piece of ground, plot of ground”), probably a variant of Middle English plot, (modern English plot) and influenced by Middle English plat, plate (modern English plate) and Anglo-Norman, Middle French and Old French plat. See platy-, plaice, flat.

The noun is a variant of plait.

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Forms

plats, platting, platted, platted
Base formplat · to plat
3rd person singularplats
Present participleplatting
Past simpleplatted
Past participleplatted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyplat
he, she, itplats

Past simpleLesson

all personsplatted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave platted
he, she, ithas platted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill plat

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedreplat

See also

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