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cutlery is wearing thin. 5 illustration, picture, print, US
cut: The book contains many beautiful colour plates of flowers.
--v. 6 cover, coat, overlay, face, laminate: All the serving
dishes were plated with gold.
plateau n. 1 tableland, upland, highland, mesa: We climbed till we
reached a grassy plateau. 2 level, lull, pause, levelling off:
At 39, Julia seemed to have reached a plateau in her career.
platform n. 1 stand, dais, stage, podium, rostrum: After the
introduction, the speaker mounted the platform. 2 policy, party
line, principle(s), tenet(s), programme, plank: The main
elements of our platform will be revealed at the party
conference.
platonic adj. non-physical, asexual, non-sexual, celibate, chaste,
dispassionate, detached, spiritual, ideal, intellectual: Some
say that their relationship has not always been purely platonic.
platoon n. company, squad, squadron, group, patrol, team, cadre, body,
formation, unit, Colloq outfit: A platoon of soldiers was
marched to the barracks in close-order drill.
platter n. serving dish, server, salver, tray, plate, dish: Waiters
walked among the guests with platters of hot hors-d'oeuvres.
plausible adj. 1 likely, believable, reasonable, credible, tenable,
conceivable, thinkable, probable, imaginable, admissible, sound,
sensible, rational, logical, acceptable, trustworthy,
presentable: The police regarded our alibi as plausible. 2
specious, deceptive, meretricious, misleading, deceitful,
casuistic, sophistical, Jesuitical, smooth, empty: He was a
cunning, plausible sort of fellow.
play v. 1 amuse oneself, frolic, frisk, cavort, gambol, caper,
sport, have fun, have a good time, enjoy oneself, disport
(oneself), carouse: Ken's mother won't let him go out and play.
2 participate (in), take part (in), join (in), be occupied (in
or with); engage in, contend in, take up, take part in, occupy
oneself in or with, undertake: He was invited for a game of
poker, but he refused to play. I understand that you play
bridge. 3 engage, contend with, compete with or against,