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as in property
a small piece of land that is developed or available for development
plans to build a shopping center on the last undeveloped plat in town
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Recent Examples of plat
Eric D. Lawrence, Freep.com, 16 Oct. 2025
That meant that the land could not be developed until a new preliminary plat was submitted and then finalized, a city planning supervisor, Bill Parsons, explained to the Statesman by phone.
—Rose Evans
september 12, Idaho Statesman, 12 Sep. 2025
Miami Herald, 28 July 2025
The area has an additional 100,000 single-family homes platted, according to the county.
—Sasha Hupka, AZCentral.com, 3 July 2025
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Noun
The ruling hinged on a plat from 1840 of what was then a village.
—Verb
Originally called Browns Subdivision, the area was a farming development platted by W.L. Brown during the 1920s.
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It can be grown in soil or water alone and is often braided or twisted into unique shapes, such as hearts.—
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“Plat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plat. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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