- platform - a raised horizontal surface; "the speaker mounted the platform"
--1 is a kind of horizontal surface, level
--1 has particulars:auction block, block; bandstand, outdoor stage, stand; catwalk; crow's nest; dais, podium, pulpit, rostrum, ambo, stump, soapbox; deck; dock, loading dock; footboard; footplate; foretop; landing; landing stage; launching pad, launchpad, launch pad, launch area, pad; monkey bridge; pallet; pier, wharf, wharfage, dock; ring; scaffold; stage; stage, microscope stage; stairhead; top; turntable; turntable; runway - platform, political platform, political program, program - a document stating the aims and principles of a political party; "their candidate simply ignored the party platform"; "they won the election even though they offered no positive program"
--2 is a kind of document, written document, papers
--2 has parts: plank- platform - the combination of a particular computer and a particular operating system
--3 is a kind of computer system, computing system, automatic data processing system, ADP system, ADPS
--3 has parts:computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system; operating system, OS - platform, weapons platform - any military structure or vehicle bearing weapons
--4 is a kind of structure, construction
--4 has particulars: gun enclosure, gun turret, turret- chopine, chopines, platform, platforms - a woman's shoe with a very high thick sole
--5 is a kind of shoe
- platform, political platform, political program, program - a document stating the aims and principles of a political party; "their candidate simply ignored the party platform"; "they won the election even though they offered no positive program"