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the noble flat plain where snacks gather, mingle, and get devoured by committee
means A large, shallow dish used for serving food, especially an arrangement of items meant to be shared.
from From Anglo-Norman French 'plater,' built on 'plat' meaning 'flat' or 'a flat dish' — the same 'plat' that gives us 'plate.' So a platter is, at root, simply a generously flattened thing for laying food upon, the bigger sibling of the plate.
vinyl rootsSlang for records spun on a turntable's spinning platter
big eaterA glutton was once literally called a platter-face
hard driveDisk drives store data on stacked spinning platters
latin originFrom plat, meaning flat, same root as plate
silver dutyHeads were historically served on them, John the Baptist included