'Plat' definitions:
Definition of 'plat'
(from WordNet)
noun
A map showing planned or actual features of an area (streets and building lots etc.)
verb
Make a plat of; "Plat the town" [syn: plat, plot]
Definition of 'Plat'
From: GCIDE
- Plat \Plat\, v. t. To lay out in plats or plots, as ground. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Plat'
From: GCIDE
- Plat \Plat\, a. [F. plat. See Plate, n.] Plain; flat; level. [Obs.] --Gower. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Plat'
From: GCIDE
- Plat \Plat\, adv.
- 1. Plainly; flatly; downright. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- But, sir, ye lie, I tell you plat. --Rom. of R. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Flatly; smoothly; evenly. [Obs.] --Drant. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Plat'
From: GCIDE
- Plat \Plat\, n.
- 1. The flat or broad side of a sword. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A plot; a plan; a design; a diagram; a map; a chart. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] "To note all the islands, and to set them down in plat." --Hakluyt. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Plat'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Plat'
From: GCIDE
- Plat \Plat\, n. Work done by platting or braiding; a plait. [1913 Webster]
- Her hair, nor loose, nor tied in formal plat. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Plat'
From: GCIDE
- Plat \Plat\, n. [Cf. Plat flat, which perh. caused this spelling, and Plot a piece of ground.] A small piece or plot of ground laid out with some design, or for a special use; usually, a portion of flat, even ground. [1913 Webster]
- This flowery plat, the sweet recess of Eve. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- I keep smooth plat of fruitful ground. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'plat'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accordion pleat,
- acres,
- block,
- box pleat,
- chattels real,
- clearing,
- clos,
- close,
- corn field,
- crease,
- crimp,
- crisp,
- croft,
- cultivated land,
- demesne,
- dog-ear,
- domain,
- double,
- double over,
- enclave,
- enfold,
- field,
- flounce,
- flute,
- fold,
- fold over,
- forty,
- frill,
- gather,
- grounds,
- hayfield,
- honor,
- infold,
- interfold,
- knife pleat,
- kraal,
- land,
- landed property,
- lands,
- lap over,
- lot,
- lots,
- manor,
- messuage,
- paddy,
- pale,
- parcel,
- parcel of land,
- patch,
- piece of land,
- plait,
- pleat,
- plicate,
- plot,
- plot of ground,
- ply,
- praedium,
- property,
- quad,
- quadrangle,
- quadrat,
- quill,
- real estate,
- real property,
- realty,
- rice paddy,
- ruff,
- ruffle,
- section,
- square,
- tenements,
- toft,
- tract,
- tuck,
- turn over,
- twill,
- wheat field