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Webster 1913 Edition
Pedestal
Ped′es-tal
,Noun.
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.
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.
Pedestal coil
(steam Heating)
, a group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, – used in a radiator.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pedestal
PED'ESTAL
,Noun.
Definition 2024
pedestal
pedestal
English
Pedestal
Noun
pedestal (plural pedestals)
- (figuratively) A place of reverence or honor.
- He has put his mother on a pedestal. You can't say a word against her.
- (rail transport) A casting secured to the frame of a truck of a railcar and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.
- (machining) A pillow block; a low housing.
- (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.
- (steam heating) a pedestal coil, group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, used in a radiator.
Derived terms
Terms derived from pedestal
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Translations
the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like
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Verb
pedestal (third-person singular simple present pedestals, present participle pedestaling, simple past and past participle pedestaled)
- To set or support on (or as if on) a pedestal.
See also
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pedestal on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Portuguese
Noun
pedestal m (plural pedestais)
- (architecture) pedestal (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)
- (figuratively) pedestal (a place of reverence or honor)