horizontal
pronunciation
How to pronounce horizontal in British English:
UK [ˌhɒrɪˈzɒntl]
How to pronounce horizontal in American English:
US [ˌhɔːrɪˈzɑːntl]
-
- Noun:
- something that is oriented horizontally
-
- Adjective:
- parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line
Word Origin
- horizontal (adj.)
- 1550s, "relating to or near the horizon," from French horizontal, from Latin horizontem (see horizon). Meaning "flat" (i.e., "parallel to the horizon") is from 1630s. Related: horizontally.
Antonym
Example
- 1. These sit vertically on top of a horizontal metal skin .
- 2. Some of the rectangles had horizontal stripes inside them .
- 3. Avoid : horizontal stripes and larger motifs that accentuate girth .
- 4. After escaping from a brush with the horizontal leg press , the question that troubles this slobbish journalist is : why ?
- 5. Guests slotted themselves into small , horizontal enclosures like bees into honeycomb , with space only for a bed and a tiny television .