plat

²plat

noun

Definition of PLAT

1

a small area of usually open land <each settler was granted a plat to farm>

Synonyms clearing, ground, lot, parcel, plat, plot, tract

Related Words common(s), croft [chiefly British]; grass, green, greensward, lawn; glade, grassland, heath, heathland, lea (or ley), meadow, moor, pasture, pastureland

2

a small piece of land that is developed or available for development <plans to build a shopping center on the last undeveloped plat in town>

Synonyms parcel, plat, plot, property, tract

Related Words patch; frontage; lease; development; real estate