platform
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platform/ˈplatfɔːm/
▶noun
- 1 a raised level surface on which people or things can stand.
■ a raised structure along the side of a railway track where passengers get on and off trains.
■ a raised floor or stage used by public speakers or performers.
■ a raised structure standing in the sea from which oil or gas wells can be drilled.
- 2 the declared policy of a political party or group.
■ an opportunity to voice one's views: a platform for discussion.
- 3 [usu. as modifier] a very thick sole on a shoe: platform shoes.
- 4 Computing a standard for the hardware of a computer system, which determines the kinds of software it can run.
– origin C16: from Fr. plateforme ‘ground plan’, lit. ‘flat shape’.
'platform' also found in these Oxford entries:
balcony
- bandstand
- bay
- bema
- bench
- bier
- bird table
- bridge
- brow
- catwalk
- cherry picker
- crane
- cross-platform
- crow's nest
- dais
- deck
- dock
- dolly
- emplacement
- entablement
- fighting top
- float
- footplate
- foretop
- gangway
- gyrostabilizer
- jacket
- landing stage
- lift
- maintop
- mountebank
- oil platform
- oil rig
- pallet
- perron
- podium
- predella
- pulpit
- quay
- racer
- raft
- riser
- rostrum
- scaffold
- sponson
- springboard
- staddle
- stage
- stake body
