Platter
noun
A big flat dish or plate used to serve food.
She served the roasted chicken on a large platter.
Often appears as...
- serving platter
- cheese platter
noun
The part of a turntable on which the record rests when being played.
The DJ spun the record on the platter.
Often appears as...
- turntable platter
- record platter
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A big flat dish or plate used to serve food.
She served the roasted chicken on a large platter.
Often appears as...
- serving platter
- cheese platter
noun
The part of a turntable on which the record rests when being played.
The DJ spun the record on the platter.
Often appears as...
- turntable platter
- record platter
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Food Presentation
Platters are often used to make food look attractive when serving to guests.
The sushi looked appetizing, arranged neatly on the wooden platter.
Pro Tip 2/3Variety of Foods
Platters often contain a mix of different foods, ideal for sharing at social events.
We ordered a seafood platter with shrimp, oysters, and crab legs.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Cooking
Platters are for serving, not suitable for cooking or heating food.
After grilling the vegetables, she transferred them to a platter.
Pro Tip 1/3Food Presentation
Platters are often used to make food look attractive when serving to guests.
The sushi looked appetizing, arranged neatly on the wooden platter.
Pro Tip 2/3Variety of Foods
Platters often contain a mix of different foods, ideal for sharing at social events.
We ordered a seafood platter with shrimp, oysters, and crab legs.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Cooking
Platters are for serving, not suitable for cooking or heating food.
After grilling the vegetables, she transferred them to a platter.
Pro Tip 1/3Food Presentation
Platters are often used to make food look attractive when serving to guests.
The sushi looked appetizing, arranged neatly on the wooden platter.
Pro Tip 2/3Variety of Foods
Platters often contain a mix of different foods, ideal for sharing at social events.
We ordered a seafood platter with shrimp, oysters, and crab legs.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Cooking
Platters are for serving, not suitable for cooking or heating food.
After grilling the vegetables, she transferred them to a platter.
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We Are What We Eat:...
You know, apart from the horns you'll empty the bones to eat the marrow then you throw it out and the dogs around camp will finish this thing. So there is no waste, you can't afford waste. Then you get presented as a guest with this beautiful platter right here. And if you're a knowledgeable guest you know that
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Oversharing on Social...
is a little bit of a manufactured identity you know it's always me and the sunset me and this fabulous meal me smiling you know but nobody has a life that's entirely like well if I see an awesome-looking platter of food if I'm taking a picture that also time what I'm
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Seizing Sharks PIPE...
you know this is I don't want to hurt any of your guys stuff so can you believe can you assist me in some way to go ahead this is this is your guys aquarium okay we're just here to take the juice of ladder to get it oh I didn't bring a platter Alice
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Diane Cook & Len...
two nights out of the year so when we arrived at longwood for our second night of photography the water lily specialist greeted us with the news that one of the blooms of the giant water platters would open that night hurry he said this baby
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The psychological weight...
need to eat what i needed was a nap portions were always my biggest downfall i come from the land of all you can eat shrimp and endless platters of pasta when somebody showed me what a real single portion of something was it was a
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Hunting for dinosaurs...
And I've always thought it a shame that these giant, plant-eating dinosaurs are too often portrayed as passive, lumbering platters of meat on the landscape. They're not. Big herbivores can be surly, and they can be territorial --
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Being Joseph Pulitzer PIPE...
the world handed to him on a silver platter by his mother what nurses him man who's never had a struggle he's not a man who has vision he has a need for his mommy to love him I think he'll be remembered as a man with ambition
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First in the Cave PIPE...
I'm really excited to be part of this this whole process I know my team's excited to be part of this process to have a first descent in a first discovery of a cave that's like given to you on a silver platter is like
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For the Love of Jaguars...
when the Spanish and Portuguese colonists came and conquered the New World. Now what the Spanish also brought with them were just big, dumb hunks of meat on a platter cattle. And their version of cattle management
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Water Holding Frogs PIPE...
water for two years or more could you do that too huh we humans can barely go six hours without a super-sized fast food combo platter two years forget it when the rains finally fall again and
Video examples
We Are What We Eat:...
You know, apart from the horns you'll empty the bones to eat the marrow then you throw it out and the dogs around camp will finish this thing. So there is no waste, you can't afford waste. Then you get presented as a guest with this beautiful platter right here. And if you're a knowledgeable guest you know that
Video examples
Oversharing on Social...
is a little bit of a manufactured identity you know it's always me and the sunset me and this fabulous meal me smiling you know but nobody has a life that's entirely like well if I see an awesome-looking platter of food if I'm taking a picture that also time what I'm
Video examples
Seizing Sharks PIPE...
you know this is I don't want to hurt any of your guys stuff so can you believe can you assist me in some way to go ahead this is this is your guys aquarium okay we're just here to take the juice of ladder to get it oh I didn't bring a platter Alice
Video examples
Diane Cook & Len...
two nights out of the year so when we arrived at longwood for our second night of photography the water lily specialist greeted us with the news that one of the blooms of the giant water platters would open that night hurry he said this baby
Video examples
The psychological weight...
need to eat what i needed was a nap portions were always my biggest downfall i come from the land of all you can eat shrimp and endless platters of pasta when somebody showed me what a real single portion of something was it was a
Video examples
Hunting for dinosaurs...
And I've always thought it a shame that these giant, plant-eating dinosaurs are too often portrayed as passive, lumbering platters of meat on the landscape. They're not. Big herbivores can be surly, and they can be territorial --
Video examples
Being Joseph Pulitzer PIPE...
the world handed to him on a silver platter by his mother what nurses him man who's never had a struggle he's not a man who has vision he has a need for his mommy to love him I think he'll be remembered as a man with ambition
Video examples
First in the Cave PIPE...
I'm really excited to be part of this this whole process I know my team's excited to be part of this process to have a first descent in a first discovery of a cave that's like given to you on a silver platter is like
Video examples
For the Love of Jaguars...
when the Spanish and Portuguese colonists came and conquered the New World. Now what the Spanish also brought with them were just big, dumb hunks of meat on a platter cattle. And their version of cattle management
Video examples
Water Holding Frogs PIPE...
water for two years or more could you do that too huh we humans can barely go six hours without a super-sized fast food combo platter two years forget it when the rains finally fall again and
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Quote examples
Eminem
American Rapper
Say there's a white kid who lives in a nice home, goes to an all-white school, and is pretty much having everything handed to him on a platter - for him to pick up a rap tape is incredible to me, because what that's saying is that he's living a fantasy life of rebellion.
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Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Indian Actor
I don't want to take names, but there are some people who get everything served on a platter. This is a movie, this is your role, and you have to do it. Some people have to strive so hard to reach where they have and want to.
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Jill Scott
American Musician
The best gift I was ever given was the arts. My mum gave me those on a silver platter. Growing up, her and my grandmother would take me to ballets, classical concerts, even smoky jazz clubs I wasn't supposed to be in!
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Lari White
American Musician
I want to be able to take singles, serve them up to radio on a silver platter and just have them smoke - just obvious great-sounding, great-feeling radio singles.
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Fabio Lanzoni
Italian Actor
I'd be the biggest hypocrite if I said I really worked very hard for my career, because it was given to me on a silver platter. I can't take any credit.
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Filippo Inzaghi
I didn't have everything served to me on a silver platter during my career; unfair criticism helped me.
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Wole Soyinka
Nigerian Dramatist
I love beauty. But I like the beauty accidentally, not dished up, served up on a platter.
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Katarina Witt
German Athlete
Almost nothing is presented to you on a silver platter. You have to really work for it.
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Darrell Royal
American Coach
All the white meat is gone. There's nothin' but necks on the platter.
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Sobhita Dhulipala
Indian Actress
I love the breakfast culture - I opt for the French platter.
Quote examples
Eminem
American Rapper
Say there's a white kid who lives in a nice home, goes to an all-white school, and is pretty much having everything handed to him on a platter - for him to pick up a rap tape is incredible to me, because what that's saying is that he's living a fantasy life of rebellion.
Quote examples
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Indian Actor
I don't want to take names, but there are some people who get everything served on a platter. This is a movie, this is your role, and you have to do it. Some people have to strive so hard to reach where they have and want to.
Quote examples
Jill Scott
American Musician
The best gift I was ever given was the arts. My mum gave me those on a silver platter. Growing up, her and my grandmother would take me to ballets, classical concerts, even smoky jazz clubs I wasn't supposed to be in!
Quote examples
Lari White
American Musician
I want to be able to take singles, serve them up to radio on a silver platter and just have them smoke - just obvious great-sounding, great-feeling radio singles.
Quote examples
Fabio Lanzoni
Italian Actor
I'd be the biggest hypocrite if I said I really worked very hard for my career, because it was given to me on a silver platter. I can't take any credit.
Quote examples
Filippo Inzaghi
I didn't have everything served to me on a silver platter during my career; unfair criticism helped me.
Quote examples
Wole Soyinka
Nigerian Dramatist
I love beauty. But I like the beauty accidentally, not dished up, served up on a platter.
Quote examples
Katarina Witt
German Athlete
Almost nothing is presented to you on a silver platter. You have to really work for it.
Quote examples
Darrell Royal
American Coach
All the white meat is gone. There's nothin' but necks on the platter.
Quote examples
Sobhita Dhulipala
Indian Actress
I love the breakfast culture - I opt for the French platter.
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