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platform

platform

86 2.1
A long flat raised area at a train station where passengers get on and off trains
  • noun
  • /ˈplætˌfɔrm/
translation icon : andén
  • A train is pulling in at the downtown platform, and I'm heading down the staircase after him.
  • station platform
  • train platform
  • passenger platform

You know why the SAT on a train station platform eating an egg, a boiled egg.

Examples

  • Myers saw a young couple embracing on the platform a little distance from his car.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • The sign indicates that this train will be leaving from the platform at 5 PM.

  • As you exit, please be careful of the platform and the train.

    Scream VI (2023)

  • I think I saw the other one on the platform.

    Bullet Train (2022)

  • Excuse me, do you know the platform that the train to Arad is going?

  • St Petersburg express has now arrived at Platform 3.

    GoldenEye (1995)

  • Fortunately, the correct train was waiting at the platform as he stepped off the escalator.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • I used to see them in the mornings, all lined up at the railway station, whenever I went there with my mother in their suits and hats, waiting on the platform to go into London.

    Living (2022)

  • Now the metal staircase towered over the platform, silent and immobile, giving the station a surreal air.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Please wait on the platform for the train to arrive.

Synonyms

train station
vsplatform
  • US
69 1.0

A place where trains stop for people and goods to get on and off

is the long raised structure for boarding and alighting at that place
subway station
vsplatform
  • US
22 1.4

A place where underground trains stop to let people on and off

is the long raised structure for boarding and alighting at that place
railway station
vsplatform
  • UK
7 1.3

A place where trains stop to pick up and drop off people and goods

is the long raised structure for boarding and alighting at that place
railroad station
vsplatform
  • US
5 1.5

A place where trains stop to pick up or drop off people and goods

is the long raised structure for boarding and alighting at that place
train depot
vsplatform
  • US
3 3.1

A place where trains stop to load people or goods

is the long raised structure used for boarding and alighting there
railroad terminal
vsplatform
  • US
1 3.4

A station at the end of a train line where trains load or unload people and goods

is the raised boarding structure found at such end stops

Compounds

political platform
3 4.1

A document that lists the main goals and beliefs of a party or candidate

weapons platform
  • Specialized
2 5.9

A vehicle or structure that carries weapons for military use

drilling platform
  • Specialized
2 5.1

A large structure in the sea that holds machines and people to drill for oil

viewing platform
1 3.4

A raised place where people stand to look at scenery or events

platform bed
1 3.0

A bed frame with a raised flat surface that holds a mattress without box springs

platform rocker
7.2

A chair that sits on a fixed platform and moves gently back and forth without sliding across the floor

space platform
  • Specialized
6.7

A station high above Earth where people live and do science

weapons platform
  • Specialized
7.1

Software or servers that attackers use to run cyber attacks

How Open

platform
86 2.1
tonneau
  • Archaic
9.9
cabin
108 1.3

Surface Forms

platform singular
platforms plural

Morphology

platform = plate + form (transparent) = plate + form + plate + form

The railway sense denotes a raised, flat structure, which is a straightforward application of the compound meaning.

Etymology

The word platform comes from the parts plat 'flat' and form 'shape', so it originally meant a flat base. A railway platform is simply a raised flat surface where people stand to get on and off trains.