platter


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
platter/ˈplatə(r)/
noun
  • 1 a large flat serving dish.

    ■ a meal or selection of food placed on a platter.

  • 2 the rotating metal disc forming the turntable of a record player.

    informal, dated a gramophone record.

    Computing a rigid rotating disk on which data is stored in a disk drive; a hard disk.

– phrases
on a (silver) platter informal indicating that something is achieved with little or no effort.
– origin ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. plater, from plat (see plate).
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