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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 roots
- Slang for records spun on a turntable's spinning platter
- big eater
- A glutton was once literally called a platter-face
- hard drive
- Disk drives store data on stacked spinning platters
- latin origin
- From plat, meaning flat, same root as plate
- silver duty
- Heads were historically served on them, John the Baptist included
thanksgiving turkey platter — centerpiece of american holiday meals, typically served with stuffing and cranberry sauce
mezze platter — middle eastern appetizer spread including hummus, baba ganoush, pita, olives, served across the levant
charcuterie board — italian and french cured meat and cheese platter that became trendy in upscale dining around 2015
dim sum platter — cantonese cart service in hong kong and chinese restaurants worldwide since the 1800s