platter

Etymology 1

From Middle English plater, from Anglo-Norman plater, dissimilatory variant of platel, from Old French plate (“metal plate”) (see plate). Doublet of plateau.

noun

1. A tray for serving foods.
   While his lov'd partner boastful of her hoard, Displays the cleanly platter on the board; 1765, Oliver Goldsmith, The Traveller, or, A Prospect of Society
2. A main dish and side dishes served together on one plate.
3. The hard surface of a turntable on which a gramophone record rests when being played.
4. (computing) One of possibly many disks on which data is stored in a mechanical hard drive.

Etymology 2

plat + -er

noun

1. One who plats/plaits or braids.