platform

Noun
  1. A raised horizontal surface (synset 103968233)
    "the speaker mounted the platform"
    is a type of: horizontal surface, level - a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line
    subtypes:
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • ring - a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle
    • 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
    • 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
  2. A document stating the aims and principles of a political party (synset 106513302)
    "their candidate simply ignored the party platform"; "they won the election even though they offered no positive program"
    is a type of: document, papers, written document - writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
    has: plank - an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party
    same as: political platform, political program, program
  3. The combination of a particular computer and a particular operating system (synset 103968979)
    is a 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
    has:
  4. Any military structure or vehicle bearing weapons (synset 103968819)
    referred to in: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation
    is a type of: construction, structure - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
    subtypes: gun enclosure, gun turret, turret - a self-contained weapons platform housing guns and capable of rotation
    same as: weapons platform
  5. A woman's shoe with a very high thick sole (synset 103028933)
    is a 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
    same as: chopine

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