'Pedestal' definitions:
Definition of 'pedestal'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Pedestal'
From: GCIDE
- Pedestal \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. [1913 Webster]
- Build him a pedestal, and say, "Stand there!" --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence: A short free-standing column or column-like object designed to support a work of art or other object; a column serving the same function as the base of a statue. It may be made of wood, marble, or other suitable material. [PJC]
- 3. (Furniture) A part of a desk which contains a frame and drawers, stands on the floor, and provides support for the desk surface. There may be zero, one, or two such pedestals in a desk. [PJC]
- 4. (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. [1913 Webster]
- Pedestal coil (steam Heating), a group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, -- used in a radiator. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pedestal'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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