horizontality

Roget-categorie 213

2. Words relating to space
› 2.2. Dimensions
›› 2.2.2. Linear dimensions

#213. Horizontality

zelfstandig naamwoord

horizontality^† — flatness — level, plane — stratum etc. 204 — dead level, dead flat — level plane.
recumbency, lying down etc. v. — reclination^†, decumbence^† — decumbency^†, discumbency^† — proneness etc. adj. — accubation^†, supination^†, resupination^†, prostration — azimuth.
plain, floor, platform, bowling green — cricket ground — croquet ground, croquet lawn — billiard table — terrace, estrade^†, esplanade, parterre.
[flat land area] table land, plateau, ledge — butte — mesa (plain) 344.
[instrument to measure horizontality] level, spirit level.

werkwoord

be horizontal etc. adj. — lie, recline, couch — lie down, lie flat, lie prostrate — sprawl, loll, sit down.
render horizontal etc. adj. — lay down, lay out — level, flatten — prostrate, knock down, floor, fell.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

horizontal, level, even, plane — flat etc. 251 — flat as a billiard table, flat as a bowling green — alluvial — calm, calm as a mill pond — smooth, smooth as glass.
recumbent, decumbent, procumbent, accumbent^† — lying etc. v. — prone, supine, couchant, jacent^†, prostrate, recubant^†.

bijwoord

horizontally etc. adj. — on one's back, on all fours, on its beam ends.

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