verticals
- 1Plural of vertical.
The grid divided the canvas into crisp verticals and horizontals.
A crane lifted the steel verticals into place along the new tower.
Note
The plural takes on every sense of the singular, and context sorts them out. A building's verticals are its upright structural members. A company's verticals are the vertical markets it sells into. In politics, the word can name the command structures through which power is exercised. Because one vertical is a single slat of a vertical blind, the plural also slides easily into the whole set of blinds.
- 2A set of window blinds made of long vertical strips that hang down and pivot to control light and privacy.
She drew the verticals halfway across the patio doors to cut the glare.
The new verticals gave the conference room a cleaner, more modern look.
Similarblinds
verticals is a form of vertical
vertical, noun: A straight up-and-down line or figure; a perpendicular. Full entry
- Forms
- verticalverticals plural
- Spelling
- vertical → verticals: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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