plat
Surveyor's property diagram
A plat is a plot of land or a map showing how land is divided into lots.
In real estate and surveying, a plat records boundaries, streets, and easements: The developer filed a plat with the county.
To plat land is to map or subdivide it.
Separately, plat is an old or dialectal variant of plait, meaning to braid: She platted her hair.
Portion of something larger
- parcelWrapped item for shipping
- lotLarge amount or portion
- tractArea of land
- easementLimited land-use privilege
boundary · deed · bounds · recording · cadastral · setback · right-of-way · frontage
Creating geographic representations
- blueprintDetailed technical drawing
- schematicSimplified technical diagram
- layoutSpatial arrangement of elements
- gridFramework of intersecting lines
scale · legend · notation · drawing · diagram · plan · chart · delineation
Formal honorific or name
- deedWritten property conveyance
- mortgageSecured home loan
- escrowConditional third-party deposit
- closingFinal stage of something
appraisal · listing · buyer · seller · broker · transaction · property · conveyance
Sectioning areas by use
- subdivisionPortion of something larger
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- housingDwellings or protective covering
- residentialRelating to housing
commercial · streetscape · utilities · drainage · grading · approval · planning · commission
subdivision
Portion of something larger
easement · boundary · deed · bounds · recording · cadastral · setback · right-of-way · frontage · acreage
cartography
Creating geographic representations
- blueprintDetailed technical drawing
- schematicSimplified technical diagram
- layoutSpatial arrangement of elements
grid · scale · legend · notation · drawing · diagram · plan · chart · delineation · recorded
title
Formal honorific or name
closing · appraisal · listing · buyer · seller · broker · transaction · property · conveyance · lien
zoning
Sectioning areas by use
- subdivisionPortion of something larger
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- housingDwellings or protective covering
residential · commercial · streetscape · utilities · drainage · grading · approval · planning · commission · variance
- Urban Growthzoning, annexation, suburbs, sprawl, boomtown
- shipping & real estatepackage, box, bundle, envelope, carton
- land divisionsparcel, subdivision, section, lot, tract
- land parcelsparcel, plot, tract, lot, acreage
- Land Propertydeed, land title, land ownership, parcel, lot
- lotslot, parcel, plot, building lot, residential lot
platterra incognita
Unexplored or unknown region
raw land · uncharted territory · metes and bounds · wilderness
- license plateVehicle identification marker
- paper plateSingle-use dining surface
- dinner plateCircular mealtime vessel
- name platesLabels displaying someone's identity
- home plateScoring base in baseball
- clean your plateEat all served food
plate, platform, plates, platter, plateau, plateful, platitude, placemat, home plate