Platter may refer to: * ''Platter'' (album), by Jock Cheese *

Platter (dinner) A platter is a large type of dishware used for serving food. It is a tray on which food is displayed and served to people. Its shape can be oval, round, octagonal, rectangular, or square. It can be made of metal, ceramic, plastic, glass or wood. ...

, a meal of several components served together on a platter or in a basket *

Platter (dishware) A platter is a large type of dishware used for serving food. It is a tray on which food is displayed and served to people. Its shape can be oval, round, octagonal, rectangular, or square. It can be made of metal, ceramic, plastic, glass or wood. ...

, large dish used for serving food *

Platter (horse) Platter (foaled 1941 in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse. He is best known for his performances as a two-year-old in 1943, when he was the best American colt of his generation. Background He was bred and raced by George ...

, American Champion racehorse *

Platter, Oklahoma Platter is an unincorporated community in Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States. Platter has a post office with the ZIP code 74753. The town was named after an A.F. Platter, who was a businessman from Denison, Texas Denison is a city in Gray ...

, U.S. *

Hard disk drive platter A hard disk drive platter or hard disk is the circular magnetic disk on which digital data is stored in a hard disk drive. The rigid nature of the platters is what gives them their name (as opposed to the flexible materials which are used to m ...

, part of a computer hard drive * A

platter lift A surface lift is a type of cable transport for mountain sports in which skiers, snowboarders, or Mountain bike, mountain bikers remain on the ground as they are pulled uphill. While they were once prevalent, they have been overtaken in popularit ...

, a mechanized system for pulling skiers and snowboarders uphill *

The Platters The Platters are an American vocal group formed in 1952. They are one of the most successful vocal groups of the early rock and roll era. Their distinctive sound bridges the pre-rock Tin Pan Alley tradition and the new burgeoning genre. The act ...

, an American vocal group * Platter, a part of a

turntable A phonograph, later called a gramophone, and since the 1940s a record player, or more recently a turntable, is a device for the mechanical and analogue reproduction of sound. The sound vibration waveforms are recorded as corresponding phys ...

* PLATTER, an acronym for the Planning Tool for Trusted Electronic Repositories developed by

Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute The Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute (HATII) was a research and teaching institute at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. It was established in 1997 with Professor Seamus Ross as Founding Director until 2009. HATII led ...

People with the surname

Bruno Platter Bruno Platter (born 21 March 1944) was the 65th Grand Masters of the Teutonic Knights, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order. He served three terms and retired in 2018 at the age of 74. Platter was born in South Tyrol, Italy. References

(1944–), Grand master of the Teutonic Order *

Luanne Platter ''King of the Hill'' is an American animated sitcom created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels. The main characters are Hank Hill, Peggy Hill, Bobby Hill, Dale Gribble, Bill Dauterive, Jeff Boomhauer, Luanne Platter, Nancy Gribble, Joseph Gribble, ...

, fictional character in the animated series ''King of the Hill'' *

Thomas Platter Thomas Platter the Elder (; ; 10 February 1499, in Grächen, Valais – 26 January 1582, in Basel) was a Swiss humanist scholar and teacher. He was an early follower of the Protestant Reformation. Biography Thomas Platter (the Elder) grew up in p ...

(1499–1582), humanist scholar and writer *

Thomas Platter the Younger Thomas Platter the Younger (; ; c. 24 July 1574 in Basel – 4 December 1628 in Basel) was a Swiss-born physician, traveller, and diarist, the son of the humanist Thomas Platter the Elder. He was a professor of anatomy, botany, and medicine at t ...

(c.1574 – 1628), Swiss-born physician, traveller and diarist

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