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Definition of Pedestal
1. Noun. A support or foundation. "The base of the lamp"
Specialized synonyms: Brass Monkey, Staddle, Trivet, Trivet
Generic synonyms: Support
2. Noun. A position of great esteem (and supposed superiority). "They put him on a pedestal"
3. Noun. An architectural support or base (as for a column or statue).
Group relationships: Column, Pillar
Terms within: Dado
Specialized synonyms: Socle
Generic synonyms: Support
Definition of Pedestal
1. n. 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.
Definition of Pedestal
1. Noun. (architecture) 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}. ¹
2. Noun. Pedestal coil (steam heating), a group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, -- used in a radiator. ¹
3. Verb. To set or support on (or as if on) a pedestal ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pedestal
1. to provide with an architectural support or base [v -TALED, -TALING, -TALS or -TALLED, -TALLING, -TALS]
Medical Definition of Pedestal
1. 1. 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. 2. 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, a group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, used in a radiator. Origin: Sp. Pedestal; cf. F. Piedestal, It. Piedestallo; fr. L. Es, pedis, foot + OHG. Stal standing place, station, place, akin to E. Stall. See Foot, and Stall, and Footstall. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pedestal
Literary usage of Pedestal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1851)
"The pedestal it is said was the work of Grinling Gibbons. ... The pedestal was
wrought by Joshua Marshall, master mason of the works to King Charles II. ..."
2. The Car-builder's Dictionary: An Illustrated Vocabulary of Terms which ...by Master Car-Builders' Association, Matthias Nace Forney, Arthur Mellen Wellington, Leander Garey, Calvin A. Smith by Master Car-Builders' Association, Matthias Nace Forney, Arthur Mellen Wellington, Leander Garey, Calvin A. Smith (1895)
"The two projections of a pedestal are called pedestal-horns, and the space ...
A diagonal bar or rod staying the lower end of a pedestal longitudinally. ..."
3. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1906)
"The cornice of the pedestal and the mutilated base of the column bear traces of
a tremendous blow, country walks round Dorchester by the late Mr. HJ Moule. ..."
4. The Ruined Cities of Mashonaland: Being a Record of Excavation and by James Theodore Bent (1892)
"The goddess of this shrine was evidently Astarte, and wore a cestus,' with which
none •$$•£? but Urania is adorned.'l On a BIKD ON pedestal Phoenician coin ..."
5. Annual Report by Fairmount Park Art Association (1903)
"SUN-DIAL AND MARBLE pedestal. Presented to the City of Philadelphia, through this
... The marble pedestal is the work of Alexander Stirling Calder; ..."
6. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1849)
"THE CROWNING OF TUB COLUMN, AND CRUSHING OF THE pedestal. IT was said in tbe
debate on the Navigation Laws, in the best speech made on the Liberal side, ..."
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