Meaning of PEDESTAL
| Pronunciation: | | 'pedistl
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- [n] an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)
- [n] a support or foundation; "the base of the lamp"
- [n] a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority); "they put him on a pedestal"
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| | Synonyms: | | base, footstall, plinth, stand |
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| | See Also: | | brass monkey, column, dado, pillar, position, socle, staddle, status, support, trivet | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ped"es*tal\, n. [Sp. pedestal; cf. F. pi['e]destal,
It. piedestallo; fr. L. es, pedis, foot + OHG. stal standing
place, station, place, akin to E. stall. See {Foot}, and
{Stall}, and {Footstall}.]
1. (Arch.) The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp,
or the like; the part on which an upright work stands. It
consists of three parts, the base, the die or dado, and
the cornice or surbase molding. See Illust. of {Column}.
Build him a pedestal, and say, ``Stand there!''
--Cowper.
2.
(a) (Railroad Cars) A casting secured to the frame of a
truck and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.
(b) (Mach.) A pillow block; a low housing.
(c) (Bridge Building) An iron socket, or support, for the
foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests
on a pier.
{Pedestal coil} (steam Heating), a group of connected
straight pipes arranged side by side and one above
another, -- used in a radiator.
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| | Definition: | | Dreaming that you are on a pedestal indicates that you are an object of admiration. Alternatively, it may suggest that you ego is becoming over-inflated. You are showing off.
Seeing a pedestal in your dream, refers to something or someone that you look up to. |
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| | Definition: | | a raised area isolated around important excavated materials to facilitate their study. |
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| | Related Terms: | | aggrandize, apotheosize, baluster, balustrade, banister, base, caryatid, colonnade, column, dado, deify, die, dignify, elevate, ennoble, exalt, foot, footstalk, foundation, glorify, honor, idolize, jack, magnify, mounting, newel-post, pedicel, peduncle, pier, pilaster, pile, piling, pillar, platform, plinth, pole, post, queen-post, raise, revere, shaft, socle, staff, stalk, stanchion, stand, standard, stem, subbase, sublime, substructure, support, surbase, trunk, upright, uproar, worship |
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