pedestal

Meaning of pedestal

noun
  1. The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp.
  2. A place of reverence or honor.
    He has put his mother on a pedestal. You can't say a word against her.
  3. A casting secured to the frame of a truck of a railcar and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.
  4. A pillow block; a low housing.
  5. (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.
  6. (steam heating) a pedestal coil, group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, used in a radiator.

verb

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

Information about pedestal

Hyphenation of pedestal

pedestal

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 8 chars.
  • pedestal is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

pedestal synonyms

Meaning base:

base, stand

Meaning plinth:

plinth, footstall

Words that rhyme with pedestal

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