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platter

noun

Definition of platter

as in plate

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Recent Examples of platter Like Nancy’s Chopped Salad, it’s laced with Italian antipasto platter flavors. — Carolynn Carreño, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026 Then Nixon appears, carrying a glass of water on a silver platter. — Selome Hailu, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026 Step 4 Thinly slice pork chops and transfer to a platter; spoon sauce over. — Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Sep. 2026 Same goes for Kanna, the property's stylish beach club, where even hotel guests pay $255 extra for a Balinese daybed (albeit with a bottle of Moët and a seafood platter). — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for platter

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Noun

Adding to the effortlessness of my stay, silicone bibs, cups, spoons, and plates plus high chairs were provided immediately at every restaurant, and the diverse kids menu doesn’t consist of simply junk food and French fries.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026
From a distance roughly equivalent to the size of the plates, two rough-textured, vaguely oblong stones lean toward them.

— Barry Schwabsky, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of plate

Noun

Once indoors, provide impatiens with bright, indirect light and regular watering, and place them near a humidifier or on top of a pebble tray to meet their higher-than-average humidity needs.

— Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 28 Sep. 2026
If assembling a cheese board isn’t happening this week, this tray does it for you.

— Danielle Bouchard, Martha Stewart, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of tray

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In March, a co-conspirator allegedly told a Malaysian official that the 27 servers had reached a Chinese buyer.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026
Expecting heavy traffic on the site, the archive has outsourced the database to external servers to avoid overloading its own.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of server

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Loaded with chicken, this casserole is a perfect main dish to serve alongside steamed rice, garlic bread, or a bright vegetable side dish.

— Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2026
That might be a big casserole of stuffing, a batch of chocolate chip cookies, or any situation in which adding too little salt would be a hard deficit to overcome later on.

— Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of casserole

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A lot of the appeal of going to theaters is that the performance remains a mystery right up until showtime, a benefit that stealthy filming could threaten, said Bradley, a waiter and theatre director.

— Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026
At the time they were cast in Heated Rivalry, Williams and Storrie were both working as waiters.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of waiter

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Goddard said she was amused during last week’s performances to serve audiences a complimentary cup and saucer of Abigail’s tea blend and gauge flavor reactions.

— Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
The delicate teacups and saucers (like many of the hotel’s ceramics) are made by Noritake—a historic Japanese ceramics company which produced the nation’s first Western-style dinner set in 1914, just a few years after the prison opened.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026

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