PEDESTAL
\pˈɛdɪstə͡l], \pˈɛdɪstəl], \p_ˈɛ_d_ɪ_s_t_əl]\
Definitions of PEDESTAL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)
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a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority); "they put him on a pedestal"
By Princeton University
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an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)
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a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority); "they put him on a pedestal"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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A pillow block; a low housing.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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A pillow block; a low housing.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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