What does horizontal mean?
Word: Horizontal
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Horizontal means flat and level, going from side to side and parallel to the ground.
Synonyms: level, flat
Antonyms: vertical
How do you spell horizontal?
Syllables: hor - i - zon - tal
Tricky part: It is built from horizon, so the letter after z is o, not a, and only one r follows ho.
Watch out for: horizantal, horrizontal, horizental
Memory tip: Look for horizon inside: the horizon is the flat line you see far away, and anything horizontal lies as flat as that line.
Horizontal in a sentence
Example 1: Draw a horizontal line across the middle of the page and label it the x-axis.
Example 2: The gymnast swung round and round on the horizontal bar.
Example 3: In a crossword, some answers are horizontal and others go down.
Fun Fact
The three colour bands of Germany's flag, black, red and gold, are horizontal.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Tally
How many words are misspelt in the given sentence?
The carpentar checked that the shelf was perfectly horizontal before he fixed the last screw into the woodan frame.
a) 0
b) 3
c) 2
d) 1
Show answer
c) 2. Horizontal is fine; carpenter ends in -er and wooden ends in -en.
Spell Spies
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) pentagon
b) parralel
c) cylinder
d) horizontal
Show answer
b) parralel. Parallel has one r and then a double l.
Word Champ
Which of the statements are true?
1. A horizontal line runs from side to side. 2. A vertical line runs straight up and down. 3. A diagonal line bends round in a full circle.
a) only 1 and 3
b) only 1 and 2
c) all three are true
d) only 2 and 3
Show answer
b) only 1 and 2. A diagonal line is straight and slants from one corner to another, so statement 3 gives a wrong meaning.
Spellacadabra
Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:
horizon_ _ _
a) tle
b) tal
c) tel
d) tol
Show answer
b) tal. The ending is -tal, as in total and metal.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Pick the one that is horizontal.
a) a raindrop falling to the ground
b) a tall coconut tree on the beach
c) a railway track across a flat plain
d) a flagpole standing in a school ground
Show answer
c) a railway track across a flat plain
2. Which capital letter has a horizontal line across its middle?
a) H
b) V
c) S
d) O
Show answer
a) H
