platform
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4.4
- noun
- /ˈplæt.fɔrm/
:
zapato de plataforma
- Because if you do, this pair of crispy, ankle-strap platforms will be the only memory of your time together.
This outfit for me with a pair of like platform black sneakers.
- This outfit for me with a pair of like platform black sneakers.
- So if you want to pad your bra or wear Buffalo platform heels or wedges, you're fine.
- Oh my gosh, I just bought these Chucky platform loafers.
- I like a flat single sole and not a big platform.
- like a chunky heel, a platform all white boot that has been
Examples
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This outfit for me with a pair of like platform black sneakers.
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At least, I remember her during that period wearing several pairs of new platform shoes, which looked like hooves.
Fiction book (1998) -
Girls walk alone in platform shoes or with a single friend.
Fiction book (1999) -
I took all the black out of my hair, made it red, got platform shoes so I'd be as tall as she is.
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I should have borrowed my brother's platforms.
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She was wearing purple peep-toe platforms.
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Scrawny, scared, wobbling around on platform sandals.
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In that black wig, with my bra off, in my stockings and platform heels, I was a glam queen.
Fiction book (2000) -
Several wore colorful bustiers with matching hot pants and shiny silver or red platform shoes with pointy heels.
Fiction book (1999) -
She wore stunning platform shoes that made her look taller at the party.
Synonyms
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2.7
Shoes for women with a raised back that lifts the back of the foot above the toes
7
5.2
A shoe heel that is a single raised sole under the whole foot
6
2.7
A woman's shoe that raises the back of the foot high
4
2.7
A shoe with a high heel that makes the heel higher than the toes
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9.9
A woman's shoe with a very high, thick sole worn in Venice in the 1500s and 1600s
Compounds
- Specialized
2
5.1
A large structure in the sea that holds machines and people to drill for oil
A chair that sits on a fixed platform and moves gently back and forth without sliding across the floor
How High
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word platform comes from the parts plat 'flat' and form 'shape', meaning a flat base. A helpful image is platform shoes: they have a thick, flat base under the foot, so the word fits their raised, flat sole.