Thesaurus: plat

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1. v. t. To form by interlaying interweaving; to braid; to plait.
2. n. Work done by platting or braiding; a plait.
3. n. A small piece or plot of ground laid out with some design, or for a special use; usually, a portion of flat, even ground.
4. v. t. To lay out in plats or plots, as ground.
5. n. Plain; flat; level.
6. adv. Plainly; flatly; downright.
7. adv. Flatly; smoothly; evenly.
8. n. The flat or broad side of a sword.
9. n. A plot; a plan; a design; a diagram; a map; a chart.
10. n. a map showing planned or actual features of an area (streets and building lots etc.)
11. v. make a plot of
12. To form by interlaying interweaving; to braid; to plait. "They had platted a crown of thorns." Matt. xxvii. 29. Work done by platting or braiding; a plait. Her hair, nor loose, nor tied in formal plat. Shak. A small piece or plot of ground laid out with some design, or for a special use; usually, a portion of flat, even ground. This flowery plat, the sweet recess of Eve. Milton. I keep smooth plat of fruitful ground. Tennyson. To lay out in plats or plots, as ground. Plain; flat; level. [Obs.] Gower. 1. Plainly; flatly; downright. [Obs.] But, sir, ye lie, I tell you plat. Rom. of R. 2. Flatly; smoothly; evenly. [Obs.] Drant. 1. The flat or broad side of a sword. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Chaucer. 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.