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Word horizontal
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic BrE / ˌhɒrɪˈzɒntl / NAmE / ˌhɔːrɪˈzɑːntl /
Example
  • horizontal lines
  • i was so tired, i just wanted to be horizontal (= lying down).
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horizontal

(adjective)BrE / ˌhɒrɪˈzɒntl / NAmE / ˌhɔːrɪˈzɑːntl /
  1. flat and level; going across and parallel to the ground rather than going up and down
    • compare vertical
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/vertical_1
    • horizontal lines
    • I was so tired, I just wanted to be horizontal (= lying down).

    Word Origin

    • mid 16th cent. (originally meaning something of or at the horizon): from French, or from modern Latin horizontalis, from late Latin horizon, horizont-, from Greek horizōn (kuklos) ‘limiting (circle)’.
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