plat

a. flat; (of ve els) silver. — m. flat, flat part; plate; (rigid) sheet; dish; (of a balance) pan, scale. — adv, flat, flatly. a —, flatwise, flat. platane, m. plane tree, plane (Platan us) or its wood, — d' Amérique, American plane, buttonwood, sycamore (P. occidental is). plateau, m. pan, scale (of a balance); plate; disk; slab; board; (Mach.) bed, table; tray; plateau, table land; platform; shoal; (Gla ) the brick bed on which the pot rests. — poucetle, a movable balance pan with thumb piece. plate-forme, /. platform; low truck (esp. on rails), tram; roadbed (of a railway); beam.