horizontal surface

/ˈhɔrəˌzɑntl ˌsʌrfəs/

Other forms: horizontal surfaces

Definitions of horizontal surface

1. noun

   a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line
   synonyms: level

   types:

   floor, flooring

   the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)

   paved surface

   a level horizontal surface covered with paving material

   platform

   a raised horizontal surface

   apron

   a paved surface where aircraft stand while not being used

   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

   bell deck

   a floor under the bells of an open belfry

   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

   dance floor

   a bare floor polished for dancing

   deck

   any of various platforms built into a vessel

   dock, loading dock

   a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded

   floorboard

   the floor of an automobile

   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

   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

   parquet, parquet floor

   a floor made of parquetry

   pavement, paving

   the paved surface of a thoroughfare

   dock, pier, wharf, wharfage

   a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats

   ring

   a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle

   road surface

   the paved surface of a paved roadway

   runway

   a strip of level paved surface where planes can take off and land

   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)

   skidpan

   a paved surface on which cars can be made to skid so that drivers can practice controlling them

   stage

   a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an 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

   macadam, tarmac, tarmacadam

   a paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar

   taxi strip, taxiway

   a paved surface in the form of a strip; used by planes taxiing to or from the runway at an airport

   top

   platform surrounding the head of a lower mast

   truck bed

   the floor or bottom of a wagon or truck or trailer

   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:

   surface

   the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary