The Collaborative International Dictionary
Platten \Plat"ten\, v. t. [See Plat, a.] (Glass Making) To flatten and make into sheets or plates; as, to platten cylinder glass.
Wiktionary
vb. (context transitive glassmaking English) To flatten and make into sheets or plates.
Wikipedia
Platten may refer to:
- Platten, Germany, a municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Platten is the surname of:
- Fritz Platten (1883–1942), Swiss communist
- John Platten (born 1963), Australian rules footballer
- Rachel Platten (born 1981), American singer and songwriter
- Stephen George Platten (born 1947), Bishop of Wakefield (Church of England)
Usage examples of "platten".
Captain Platten remained at the bivouac site to super-vise the construction of crude lean-tos and to establish a perimeter guard.
Captain Platten took up a position approximately one hundred yards away.
One figure lay stretched out on the original platten of the copier, while a second shape bent over, holding some ominous instrument.
Arriving at the cabin, I saw him lie down on the platten with his head -- our head -- between the tetragramatron tendrils, waving gently on all sides.
Sechs Tische mit Platten aus rostfreiem Stahl standen in einer Reihe und waren mit einem Abfluß auf der einen Seite des Raums verbunden.
There is one other particularly beautiful place in Hungary—Lake Balaton—or the Platten See, as Franz Joseph would call it.