plat

Significado

Noun

1. A plot of land; a lot.
2. A map showing the boundaries of real properties (delineating one or more plots of land), especially one that forms part of a legal document.
3. (obsolete) A plot, a scheme.

Verb

To create a plat; to lay out property lots and streets; to map.

Verb

To braid, to plait.

Adj

Flat; level; (by extension) frank, on the level.

Adv

Flatly, plainly.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/plæt/

Etimologia

The noun is derived from Middle English plat, platte (“flat part of a sword; flat piece of ground, plot of ground”), probably a variant of Middle English plot, (modern English plot) and influenced by Middle English plat, plate (modern English plate) and Anglo-Norman, Middle French and Old French plat. See platy-, plaice, flat.
The verb is derived from the noun.