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Definition of platform

Nouns

a raised horizontal surface

"the speaker mounted the platform"

Types:: show 48 types...; hide 48 types...; auction block, block
a platform from which an auctioneer sells; bandstand, outdoor stage, stand
a platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air; catwalk
narrow platform extending out into an auditorium; crow's nest
platform for a lookout at or near the top of a mast; ambo, dais, podium, pulpit, rostrum, soapbox, stump
a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it; deck
any of various platforms built into a vessel; afterdeck
a deck abaft of midships; flight deck, landing deck
the upper deck of an aircraft carrier; used as a runway; foredeck
the deck between the bridge and the forecastle; gun deck
formerly any deck other than the weather deck having cannons from end to end; awning deck, hurricane deck, hurricane roof, promenade deck
a deck at the top of a passenger ship; lido deck
an open deck including a swimming pool; lower deck, third deck
the deck below the main deck; main deck, second deck
the uppermost sheltered deck that runs the entire length of a large vessel; fourth deck, orlop, orlop deck
the fourth or lowest deck; quarterdeck
the stern area of a ship's upper deck; upper deck
a higher deck; dock, loading dock
a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded; fly floor, fly gallery
a narrow raised platform at the side of a stage in a theater; stagehands can work the ropes controlling equipment in the flies; footboard
a narrow platform on which to stand or brace the feet; running board
a narrow footboard serving as a step beneath the doors of some old cars; footplate
the platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the engineer stands to operate the controls; foretop
a platform at the head of a foremast; landing
an intermediate platform in a staircase; landing stage
platform from which passengers and cargo can be (un)loaded; launch area, launch pad, launching pad, launchpad, pad
a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched; monkey bridge
a high narrow platform above a deck or in an engine room or boiler room; pallet
a portable platform for storing or moving goods that are stacked on it; dock, pier, wharf, wharfage
a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats; levee
a pier that provides a landing place on a river; quay
wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline; ring
a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle; boxing ring, prize ring
a square ring where boxers fight; sumo ring
the circular ring in which Sumo wrestlers compete; wrestling ring
a square ring in which wrestlers compete; runway
a narrow platform extending from the stage into the audience in a theater or nightclub etc.; scaffold
a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded); stage
a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience; downstage
the front half of the stage (as seen from the audience); mise en scene, setting, stage setting
arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted; apron, forestage, proscenium
the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain); theater stage, theatre stage
a stage in a theater on which actors can perform; backstage, offstage, wing
a stage area out of sight of the audience; microscope stage, stage
a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination; stairhead
platform at the top of a staircase; top
platform surrounding the head of a lower mast; turntable
a circular horizontal platform that rotates a phonograph record while it is being played; turntable
a rotatable platform with a track; used to turn locomotives and cars

Type of:: horizontal surface, level
a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line

a document stating the aims and principles of a political party

"their candidate simply ignored the party platform"

Synonyms:: political platform, political program, program

Type of:: document, papers, written document
writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)

the combination of a particular computer and a particular operating system

Type of:: ADP system, ADPS, automatic data processing system, computer system, computing system
a system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage

any military structure or vehicle bearing weapons

Synonyms:: weapons platform

Types:: gun enclosure, gun turret, turret
a self-contained weapons platform housing guns and capable of rotation

Type of:: construction, structure
a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts

a woman's shoe with a very high thick sole

Synonyms:: chopine

Type of:: shoe
footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material

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Words that contain platform

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platform bed

platform rocker

political platform

space platform

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