Noun

(en noun)

The bottom or lower part of any room; the supporting surface of a room.

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A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor ; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire.

Ground (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground).

The lower inside surface of a hollow space.

A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into storeys/stories.

The supporting surface or platform of a structure such as a bridge.

A storey/story of a building.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=19 citation , passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor , where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.}}

In a parliament, the part of the house assigned to the members, as opposed to the viewing gallery.

Hence, the right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event.

(label) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.

(label) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.

(label) A horizontal, flat ore body.

(Raymond)

(label) The largest integer less than or equal to a given number.

(label) An event performed on a floor-like carpeted surface.

(label) A lower limit on the interest rate payable on an otherwise variable-rate loan, used by lenders to defend against falls in interest rates. Opposite of a cap.

Noun

(en noun)

A raised stage from which speeches are made and on which musical and other performances are made.

* , chapter=13

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=“[…] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.}}

A place or an opportunity to express one's opinion, a tribune.

A kind of high shoe with an extra layer between the inner and outer soles.

(figurative)

* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=September 7, author=Phil McNulty, title=Moldova 0-5 England

, work=BBC Sport citation , passage=Hodgson may actually feel England could have scored even more but this was the perfect first step on the road to Rio in 2014 and the ideal platform for the second qualifier against Ukraine at Wembley on Tuesday.}}

(automobiles) A set of components shared by several vehicle models.

(computing) A particular type of operating system or environment such as a database or other specific software, and/or a particular type of computer or microprocessor, used to describe a particular environment for running other software, or for defining a specific software or hardware environment for discussion purposes.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838, page=71, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= End of the peer show , passage=Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms . Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend.}}

(politics) A political stance on a broad set of issues, which are called planks.

(travel) A raised structure from which passengers can enter or leave a train, metro etc.

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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine.

* {{quote-magazine, title=Ideas coming down the track, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838

, page=13 (Technology Quarterly), magazine=(The Economist) citation , passage=A “moving platform'” scheme

(obsolete) A plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern.

(Francis Bacon)

(nautical) A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine.

A flat expanse of rock often as a result of wave erosion.