Words That Start With: PLAT

• a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface

• the application of a thin coat of metal (as by electrolysis)

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

• (obsolete except regional England) To braid, to plait.

• small stocky Mexican fish; popular aquarium fish

• a military unit that is a subdivision of a company; usually has a headquarters and two or more squads; usually commanded by a lieutenant

• a team of policemen working under the military platoon system

• a group of persons who are engaged in a common activity

• a large shallow dish used for serving food

• sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove

• a relatively flat highland

• (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score

• a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic

• a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)

• dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten

• the quantity contained in a plate

• a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly

• the thin under portion of the forequarter

• a main course served on a plate

• any flat platelike body structure or part

• the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube

• a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded

• structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage

• a shallow receptacle for collection in church

• a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)

• a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth

• coat with a layer of metal