Platform /(?)/

Plat·form

Platform

n.
  1. A plat; a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern. Used also figuratively. [Obs.]
  2. A place laid out after a model. [Obs.]
    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.
  5. A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine. See Orlop. (Naut.)

Phrases & Compounds
Platform car
a railway car without permanent raised sides or covering; a fat.
Platform scale
a weighing machine, with a flat platform on which objects are weighed.

Platform

v. t.
  1. To place on a platform. [R.]
  2. To form a plan of; to model; to lay out. [Obs.]
    Church discipline is platformed in the Bible.