Phrases
on a platter
: without effort : very easily
… can have the presidency on a platter.—
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large platters of hot turkey and ham
The chicken platter comes with fries and coleslaw.
She ordered the seafood platter.
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Or a spinny orange swirl of spaghetti pomodoro atop Porta’s Tommaso platter, which features sardines in a cerulean sunburst ($198)?
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2025
Bars all over Venice pull out platters of tramezzini at lunchtime.
—Terry Ward, CNN Money, 15 Nov. 2025
Salty, rich wagyu beef, melt-in-your-mouth otoro bluefin tuna belly, lean yellowtail and buttery salmon are just a sample of what the daily rotating platter can include.
—Sacbee.com, 14 Nov. 2025
Holiday platters also available.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2025
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Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2025
Bars all over Venice pull out platters of tramezzini at lunchtime.
—Terry Ward, CNN Money, 15 Nov. 2025
Salty, rich wagyu beef, melt-in-your-mouth otoro bluefin tuna belly, lean yellowtail and buttery salmon are just a sample of what the daily rotating platter can include.
—Sacbee.com, 14 Nov. 2025
Holiday platters also available.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for platter
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“Platter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/platter. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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platter
noun
plat·ter
ˈplat-ər 
1
: a large plate used especially for serving meat
2
: a phonograph record
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