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/ˈpɛdɪstəl/
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/ˈpɛdɪsˌtuːl/
by conflation with stool
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P EH1 D AH0 S T AH0 L
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The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
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A place of reverence or honor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
He has put his mother on a pedestal. You can't say a word against her.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A casting secured to the frame of a truck of a railcar and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
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A pillow block; a low housing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: engineering, machining, mechanical-engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: bridge building
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a pedestal coil, group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, used in a radiator.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: steam heating
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A ground-level housing for a passive connection point for underground cables.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications
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The measured value when no input signal is given.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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The central part of the cockpit, between the pilots, where various controls are located.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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An item upon which television cameras are mounted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography
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The tough protuberant pad covering a dromedary's sternum, which, when the camel lies down, causes the abdomen to be slightly above the hot ground.
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To set or support on (or as if on) a pedestal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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a support or foundation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: base, stand
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: support
Narrower terms: brass monkey, staddle, trivet
an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: plinth, footstall
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: support
Narrower terms: socle
a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
they put him on a pedestal
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Broader terms: status, position
Borrowed from Middle French piédestal, itself borrowed from Italian piedistallo (literally “foot stand”). Spelling influenced by Latin pēs, pedem.
Across languages
Translations 90 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans :
voetstuk
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Afrikaans :
pilaarvoet
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Arabic :
عَمُود
(ʕamūd)
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Arabic :
حامِل
(ḥāmil)
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Arabic :
مِنَصَّة
(minaṣṣa)
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Armenian :
պատվանդան
(patvandan)
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Basque :
idulki
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Belarusian :
п'едэста́л
(pʺjedestál)
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Belarusian :
пастаме́нт
(pastamjént)
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Breton :
mas
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Bulgarian :
пиедестал
(piedestal)
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Catalan :
pedestal
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Catalan :
peana
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Chinese Mandarin :
台座
(táizuò)
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Chinese Mandarin :
基座
(jīzuò)
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Chinese Mandarin :
座子
(zuòzi)
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Czech :
podstavec
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Czech :
piedestal
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Danish :
sokkel
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Dutch :
voetstuk
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Dutch :
sokkel
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Esperanto :
piedestalo
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Esperanto :
soklo
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Finnish :
jalusta
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
French :
piédestal
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Galician :
peaña
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Galician :
pedestal
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Georgian :
კვარცხლბეკი
(ḳvarcxlbeḳi)
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Georgian :
საყრდენი
(saq̇rdeni)
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Georgian :
ფუძე
(puʒe)
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Georgian :
საფუძველი
(sapuʒveli)
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
German :
Sockel
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
German :
Podest
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
German :
Piedestal
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
German :
Postament
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
German :
Stand
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
German :
Basis
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
German :
Ständer
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
German :
Gestell
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
German :
Untergestell
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
German :
Bock
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
German :
Auflagebock
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
German :
Auflager
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
German :
Trägergerüst
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
German :
Standfuß
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
German :
Stützbock
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Ancient Greek :
ὑπόβαθρα
(hupóbathra)
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Ancient Greek :
βάθρον
(báthron)
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Hebrew :
כַּן
(kan)
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Hungarian :
talapzat
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Icelandic :
fótstallur
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Ido :
piedestalo
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Irish :
seastán
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Italian :
piedistallo
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Japanese :
台座
(daiza)
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Latin :
basis
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Latin :
crepīdō
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Latvian :
pjedestāls
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Lithuanian :
pjedestalas
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Luxembourgish :
Sockel
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Macedonian :
пиедестал
(piedestal)
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Manx :
laan
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Norwegian :
pidestall
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Norwegian :
sokkel
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Occitan :
pèdestal
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Persian :
پایه
(pâye)
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Polish :
piedestał
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Polish :
postument
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Portuguese :
pedestal
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Romanian :
piedestal
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Russian :
пьедеста́л
(pʹjedestál)
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Russian :
постаме́нт
(postamént)
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Russian :
цо́коль
(cókolʹ)
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Slovak :
podstavec
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Slovak :
piedestál
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Slovene :
podstávek
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Spanish :
pedestal
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Spanish :
peana
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Swedish :
piedestal
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Thai :
แท่น
(tɛ̂n)
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Turkish :
ayaklık
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Turkish :
duraç
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Turkish :
kaide
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Turkish :
taban
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Turkish :
oturtak
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Ottoman Turkish :
سكی
(seki)
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Ottoman Turkish :
كرسی
(kürsi)
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Ukrainian :
п'єдестал
(pʺjedestal)
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Vietnamese :
bệ
— the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
Hungarian :
piedesztál
— figuratively: a place of reverence or honor
