Platform
Platform , noun
[Plat, a. + -form: compare French plateforme.]
1.
A plat; a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern. Used also figuratively. [Obsolete] — Bacon
2.
A place laid out after a model. [Obsolete]
lf the platform just reflects the order.
3.
Any flat or horizontal surface; especially, one that is raised above some particular level, as a framework of timber or boards horizontally joined so as to form a roof, or a raised floor, or portion of a floor; a landing; a dais; a stage, for speakers, performers, or workmen; a standing place.
4.
A declaration of the principles upon which a person, a sect, or a party proposes to stand; a declared policy or system; as, the Saybrook platform; a political platform.
The platform of Geneva.
5.
(Nautical) A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine. See Orlop.
Collocations (2)
Platform car , a railway car without permanent raised sides or covering; a flat.
Platform scale , a weighing machine, with a flat platform on which objects are weighed.
Platform , transitive verb
1.
To place on a platform. [Rare]
2.
To form a plan of; to model; to lay out. [Obsolete]
Church discipline is platformed in the Bible.