- a large plate that is used for serving food
- a silver platter
- I'll have the fish platter (= several types of fish and other food served on a large plate).
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPlatter is used after these nouns:- cheese
- seafood
Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French plater, from plat ‘large dish’ (see plate).Want to learn more?
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Idioms
See platter in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryon a silver platter
- if you are given something on a silver platter, you do not have to do much to get it
- These rich kids expect to have it all handed to them on a silver platter.
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