platform vs prop

platform

noun
  • A political stance on a broad set of issues, which are called planks. 

  • Something that allows an enterprise to advance. 

  • A place or an opportunity to express one's opinion. 

  • A raised structure from which passengers can enter or leave a train, metro etc. 

  • A raised floor for any purpose, e.g. for workmen during construction, or formerly for military cannon. 

  • A flat expanse of rock, often the result of wave erosion. 

  • A raised stage from which speeches are made and on which musical and other performances are made. 

  • sidewalk 

  • A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine. 

verb
  • To include in a political platform 

  • To place on, or as if on, a platform. 

  • To place a train alongside a station platform. 

  • To furnish with or shape into a platform 

  • To publish or make visible; to provide a platform for (a topic etc.). 

  • To open (a film) in a small number of theaters before a broader release in order to generate enthusiasm. 

prop

noun
  • A proposition, especially on an election-day ballot. 

  • The propeller of an aircraft. 

  • An item placed within an advertisement in order to suggest a style of living etc. 

  • An item placed on a stage or set to create a scene or scenario in which actors perform. 

  • An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports. 

  • Any of the seashells in the game of props. 

  • The player on either side of the hooker in a scrum. 

  • propellant (“rocket fuel”) 

verb
  • To support or shore up something. 

  • To play rugby in the prop position. 

  • To manually start the engine of a propeller-driven aircraft with no electric starter by pulling vigorously on one of the propeller blades using the hands, so that the propeller can catch ignition. 

  • To position the feet of (a person) while sitting, lying down, or reclining so that the knees are elevated at a higher level. 

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