platter

noun
Elementary
1

A tray for serving foods.

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

A vinyl record.

5

One of possibly many disks on which data is stored in a mechanical hard drive.

Sound Patterns & Rhymes

Rhymes

Words that share the same ending sound pattern

Alliteration

Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)

Assonance

Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing

Consonance

Words sharing similar consonant sound patterns — adds texture and cohesion to writing