platforms

n. platform shoes, shoes with a thick heavy sole and high heel

n. raised area in a train station from which passengers board the train; basic principles of a political party; podium, pulpit; flat surface that is raised above the surrounding area

The word platform is used in several different contexts, usually referring to some kind of standing surface used to support things, give them stability, or visibility:Railway platform, an area at a train station to alight from/embark on trains or tramsPolitical platform, a list of principles held by a political partyPlatformism, in anarchist politics, the tradition of Nestor Makhno's Organizational Platform of the Libertarian CommunistsPlatform (European politics), an openly organized faction within a left-wing political partyPlatform (computing), a framework on which applications may be runPlatform (military), a capability for military actionPlatform cover, in geology, the sedimentary deposits that lie on top of the craton's platformPlatform game, a genre of video gamesPlatform (geology), the part of a continental craton that is covered by sedimentary rocksOil platform, a structure built for oil productionAutomobile platform, a set of components shared by several vehicle modelsPlatform shoe, a kind of shoe with a thick soleContinental platform, in geology, the low depth sea area next to the continentA swimming pool platform, from which bathers jumpJumping platform, naturally occurring platforms, or platforms made in an ad-hoc way for cliff jumpingPlatform (film), a 2000 film by Jia ZhangkePlatform (novel), a 2001 novel by Michel HouellebecqPlatform (TV series), a short-lived internet television series that aired in 2007
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Specific computer hardware, as in the phrase "platform-independent". It may also refer to a specific combination of hardware and operating system and/or compiler, as in "this program has been ported to several platforms". It is also used to refer to support software for a particular activity, as in "This program provides a platform for research into routing protocols".
(1994-12-07)

Noun
1. a woman's shoe with a very high thick sole
(synonym) chopine, chopines, platform
(hypernym) shoe

Noun
1. a raised horizontal surface; "the speaker mounted the platform"
(hypernym) horizontal surface, level
(hyponym) auction block, block
2. 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"
(synonym) political platform, political program, program
(hypernym) document, written document, papers
(part-meronym) plank
3. the combination of a particular computer and a particular operating system
(hypernym) computer system, computing system, automatic data processing system, ADP system, ADPS
(part-meronym) computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system
4. any military structure or vehicle bearing weapons
(synonym) weapons platform
(hypernym) structure, construction
(hyponym) gun enclosure, gun turret, turret
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
5. a woman's shoe with a very high thick sole
(synonym) chopine, chopines, platforms
(hypernym) shoe