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Alternate
adjective · 78% connection
Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, re…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: platform, staircase, stair, turns, back.
Back
noun · 78% connection
The outward or upper part of a thing, as opposed to the inner or lower part; as, the back of the hand, the back of the foot, the back…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: platform, staircase, stair, turns, back.
Backwards
adverb · 78% connection
In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily; as, to read backwards.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: platform, staircase, stair, turns, back.
Crosstrees
n. pl. · 78% connection
Pieces of timber at a masthead, to which are attached the upper shrouds. At the head of lower masts in large vessels, they support a s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: platform, staircase, stair, turns, back.
Degree
noun · 78% connection
A step, stair, or staircase.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: platform, staircase, stair, turns, back.
Direction
noun · 78% connection
a general course along which something has a tendency to develop; "I couldn't follow the direction of his thoughts"; "his ideals deter…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: platform, staircase, stair, turns, back.
dog-legged
adjective · 78% connection
Noting a flight of stairs, consisting of two or more straight portions connected by a platform (landing) or platforms, and running in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: platform, staircase, stair, turns, back.
Down
adverb · 78% connection
From a higher to a lower position, literally or figuratively; in a descending direction; from the top of an ascent; from an upright po…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: platform, staircase, stair, turns, back.
Elevator
noun · 78% connection
A cage or platform and the hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from differ…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: platform, staircase, stair, turns, back.
Flat
noun · 78% connection
A car without a roof, the body of which is a platform without sides; a platform car.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: platform, staircase, stair, turns, back.
Footpace
noun · 78% connection
A dais, or elevated platform; the highest step of the altar; a landing in a staircase.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: platform, staircase, stair, turns, back.
Hegira
noun · 78% connection
The flight of Mohammed from Mecca, September 13, A. D. 622 (subsequently established as the first year of the Moslem era); hence, any…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: platform, staircase, stair, turns, back.
Hurter
verb · 78% connection
A butting piece; a strengthening piece, esp.: (Mil.) A piece of wood at the lower end of a platform, designed to prevent the wheels of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: platform, staircase, stair, turns, back.
Landing
noun · 78% connection
The level part of a staircase, at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: platform, staircase, stair, turns, back.
Lower
adjective · 78% connection
To depress as to direction; as, to lower the aim of a gun; to make less elevated as to object; as, to lower one's ambition, aspiration…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: platform, staircase, stair, turns, back.
Martello tower
unknown · 78% connection
A building of masonry, generally circular, usually erected on the seacoast, with a gun on the summit mounted on a traversing platform,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: platform, staircase, stair, turns, back.
Mezzanine
noun · 78% connection
A partial story which is not on the same level with the story of the main part of the edifice, as of a back building, where the floors…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: platform, staircase, stair, turns, back.
Newel
noun · 78% connection
The upright post about which the steps of a circular staircase wind; hence, in stairs having straight flights, the principal post at t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: platform, staircase, stair, turns, back.
