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Platform

A plat; a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern. Used also figuratively.

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Ambo 76% connected

A large pulpit or reading desk, in the early Christian churches.

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Block 76% connected

A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…

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Dais 76% connected

The high or principal table, at the end of a hall, at which the chief guests were seated; also, the chief seat at the high table.

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Deck 76% connected

To cover; to overspread.

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Dock 76% connected

A genus of plants (Rumex), some species of which are well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination.

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Footboard 76% connected

A board or narrow platfrom upon which one may stand or brace his feet

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Footplate 76% connected

See Footboard (a).

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Foretop 76% connected

The hair on the forepart of the head; esp., a tuft or lock of hair which hangs over the forehead, as of a horse.

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Landing 76% connected

of Land

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Pad 76% connected

A footpath; a road.

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Pallet 76% connected

A small and mean bed; a bed of straw.

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Pier 76% connected

Any detached mass of masonry, whether insulated or supporting one side of an arch or lintel, as of a bridge; the piece of wall between two openings.

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Podium 76% connected

A low wall, serving as a foundation, a substructure, or a terrace wall.

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Pulpit 76% connected

An elevated place, or inclosed stage, in a church, in which the clergyman stands while preaching.

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Ring 76% connected

To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell.

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Rostrum 76% connected

The beak or head of a ship.

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Runway 76% connected

The channel of a stream.

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Scaffold 76% connected

A temporary structure of timber, boards, etc., for various purposes, as for supporting workmen and materials in building, for exhibiting a spectacle…

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Stage 76% connected

A floor or story of a house.

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Stairhead 76% connected

The head or top of a staircase.

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Stand 76% connected

To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position

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Stump 76% connected

The part of a tree or plant remaining in the earth after the stem or trunk is cut off; the stub.

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Top 76% connected

A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem,…

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Turntable 76% connected

A large revolving platform, for turning railroad cars, locomotives, etc., in a different direction; -- called also turnplate.

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Turret 76% connected

A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the angles of a larger structure.

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Wharf 76% connected

A structure or platform of timber, masonry, iron, earth, or other material, built on the shore of a harbor, river, canal, or the like, and usually ex…

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Wharfage 76% connected

The fee or duty paid for the privilege of using a wharf for loading or unloading goods; pierage, collectively; quayage.

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Construction 76% connected

The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.

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Document 76% connected

That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.

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Level 76% connected

A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is everywhere parallel to the surface…

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Shoe 76% connected

A covering for the human foot, usually made of leather, having a thick and somewhat stiff sole and a lighter top. It differs from a boot on not exten…

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Structure 76% connected

The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

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Computer 70% connected

One who computes.

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operating system 70% connected

The main software that controls a computer or device.

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Plank 70% connected

A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. See Board.

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Chopine 92% connected

A clog, or patten, having a very thick sole, or in some cases raised upon a stilt to a height of a foot or more.

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Program 92% connected

Same as Programme.

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