horizontal

UK /ˌhɒɹɪˈzɒntəl/ US /ˌhoɹəˈzɑntəl/

adj 5noun 3

Definitions

adj

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

horizontal lines

Power is derived from a British United Traction Limited "A"-type 150-h.p. six-cylinder horizontal diesel engine; this drives through a fluid flywheel, and thence through a free wheel unit to a four-speed epicyclic gearbox.

Relating to horizontal markets

Pertaining to the horizon.

As when the Sun new ris'n / Looks through the Horizontal misty Air

Involving wines of the same vintages but from different wineries.

Having the two notes sound successively.

noun

A horizontal component of a structure.

Horizon.

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

Collocations

ADJ.

light, low, open, pull-ups, red, still, vertical

The athlete did ten horizontal pull-ups at the gym yesterday morning.

VERB + HORIZONTAL

function, require, shouldn't

The new design shouldn't require horizontal alignment across all devices.

HORIZONTAL + NOUN

axis, back-hip, diesel, direction, engine, intention, stripes

The horizontal axis on the graph shows the passage of time in months.

PREP.

in, in, on, with

The picture frame hung in a horizontal position on the wall above the sofa.

ADV.

perfectly, such

The picture frame hung perfectly horizontal on the living room wall.

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Idioms & Phrases

horizontal dancing

Sexual intercourse.

horizontal mambo

Sexual intercourse.

She says Peters continually harassed her, touching her breasts and buttocks, tried to push her onto a bed when he was naked, tried to kiss her breasts and offered her money for the

horizontal jogging

Sexual intercourse.

Sex in those days was regarded not so much as a playful sport, horizontal jogging it might be, as an unspeakable obsession needing pseudo-new assistance, the sin that dare not spea

horizontal refreshments

Sexual intercourse.

The cold, during the winter night, is very severe, and the sentinels are frequently obliged to be relieved every half-hour, and the officers, so long as they possess the "prima flo

horizontal tango

Sexual intercourse.

Researchers spoke to 312 men between the ages of 20 and 40 at a San Diego urology clinic and found that 3.4 percent of men preferred flying solo with co-pilot porn to a horizontal

Example Bank

horizontal lines

Wiktionary

[…] a pair of pauldrons with the light horizontal bar which in later years developed into the high neckguard of the sixteenth century; numbers of gauntlets, visors of helmets, and other pieces, the ha

Wiktionary

It is of great significance in this experiment to accelerate the particle M in the horizontal direction.

Tatoeba · #58799

Tango is the vertical expression of a horizontal desire.

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Tango is the vertical expression of horizontal desire.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, horizontal is marked as archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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