how to pronounce plat

/plæt/

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plat is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of plat in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… short hair you can't plat it I miss me …”

meanings of plat

noun:

A map showing the boundaries of real properties (delineating one or more plots of land), especially one that forms part of a legal document.
A plot of land; a lot.
A plot, a scheme.
A braid; a plait (of hair, straw, etc.).
Material produced by braiding or interweaving, especially a material of interwoven straw from which straw hats are made.

verb:

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

adjective:

Flat; level; frank, on the level.

adverb:

Flatly, plainly.

plat frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word plat occurs in english on average 0.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics plat can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that plat can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;