horizontal
/ˌhɒɹɪˈzɒntəl//ˌhɔːɹəˈzɑːntəl/
noun
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A horizontal component of a structure
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Horizon
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A Tasmanian shrub or small tree whose main trunk tends to lean over and grow horizontally, Anodopetalum biglandulosum
adjective
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Perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat
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Relating to horizontal markets
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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”
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(wine tasting) involving wines of the same vintages but from different wineries
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Of an interval: having the two notes sound successively.
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