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as in property
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
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Recent Examples of plat
Mars King, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
The ruling hinged on a plat from 1840 of what was then a village.
—Eric D. Lawrence, Freep.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Miami Herald, 28 July 2025
The area has an additional 100,000 single-family homes platted, according to the county.
—Sasha Hupka, AZCentral.com, 3 July 2025
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Noun
Rosemount City Council approved a preliminary, final plat and rezoning from A-2 Agriculture to B-2 Employment for the project in February, said Adam Kienberger, community development director for the city.
—Mars King, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
The ruling hinged on a plat from 1840 of what was then a village.
—Eric D. Lawrence, Freep.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
Originally called Browns Subdivision, the area was a farming development platted by W.L. Brown during the 1920s.
—Miami Herald, 28 July 2025
The area has an additional 100,000 single-family homes platted, according to the county.
—Sasha Hupka, AZCentral.com, 3 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plat
braid
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Her work in this comprehensive anthology braids politics, gender, history and memory into confiding and powerful lyrics.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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The vases reference braided patterns and natural hair, motifs Coker has explored before.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Plat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plat. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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