Sekirov Dictionary

pedestal

/ˈpɛdɪstəl/

noun 11
verb 1
forms 5
phrases 1

noun11

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The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp.
- The table and two base pedestals cost more than $4,000. The pedestals are described as having “hand applied ebonized inlay with bell flowers topped by hand carved scrolls and a fluted column.” — 2018
An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier.
An item upon which television cameras are mounted.
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(figurative) A place of reverence or honor.
- He has put his mother on a pedestal. You can't say a word against her.
The central part of the cockpit, between the pilots, where various controls are located.
The measured value when no input signal is given.
A ground-level housing for a passive connection point for underground cables.
A casting secured to the frame of a truck of a railcar and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.
A pillow block; a low housing.
a pedestal coil, group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, used in a radiator.
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.

verb1

To set or support on (or as if on) a pedestal.

forms

pedestaled · pedestalled · pedestaling · pedestalling · pedestals

Phrases with pedestal

put on a pedestal
To hold in very high esteem, especially to an exaggerated degree.

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