horizontal
adjectiveOPAL W
/ˌhɒrɪˈzɒntl/
/ˌhɔːrɪˈzɑːntl/
- enlarge imageflat and level; going across and parallel to the ground rather than going up and down
- horizontal lines
- (informal) I was so tired, I just wanted to be horizontal (= lying down).
Oxford Collocations DictionaryHorizontal is used with these nouns:- arrow
- axis
- beam
- …
Word Originmid 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)’.