Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Platter \Plat"ter\, n. [From {Plat} to braid.]
   One who plats or braids.

Platter \Plat"ter\, n. [Probably fr. OF. platel, F. plateau. See
   {Plateau}.]
   A large plate or shallow dish on which meat or other food is
   brought to the table.

         The attendants . . . speedly brought in several large,
         smoking platters, filled with huge pieces of beef.
                                                  --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.

Source : WordNet®

platter
     n 1: a large shallow dish used for serving food
     2: sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous
        grooves; formerly used to reproduce music by rotating
        while a phonograph needle tracked in the grooves [syn: {phonograph
        record}, {phonograph recording}, {record}, {disk}, {disc}]