horizontal

/ˌhɒɹɪˈzɒntəl//ˌhɔːɹəˈzɑːntəl/

noun

  1. 1

    A horizontal component of a structure

  2. 2

    Horizon

  3. 3

    A Tasmanian shrub or small tree whose main trunk tends to lean over and grow horizontally, Anodopetalum biglandulosum

adjective

  1. 1

    Perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat

  2. 2

    Relating to horizontal markets

  3. 3

    Pertaining to the horizon

    1667: As when the Sun new ris'n / Looks through the Horizontal misty Air — John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 1, ll. 594-5
  4. 4

    (wine tasting) involving wines of the same vintages but from different wineries

  5. 5

    Of an interval: having the two notes sound successively.

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