1. a small piece of land, especially one marked off for a particular purpose
2. a map or plan showing the divisions of a piece of land

1. to make a map or plan of an area of land showing property boundaries

Examples

• The developer divided the property into several plats for new houses.
• We need to check the plat to see where our property line ends.
• The city plat shows all the streets and lot numbers in the neighborhood.
• They hired a surveyor to plat the new subdivision.
• The plat map is filed at the county courthouse.
• Each plat in the development is exactly half an acre.