pedestal

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpɛdɪstəl/

Noun

pedestal (plural pedestals)

1. (architecture) The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp.
2. (figuratively) A place of reverence or honor.

   He has put his mother on a pedestal. You can't say a word against her.

3. (rail transport) A casting secured to the frame of a truck of a railcar and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.
4. (machining) 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.

Translations

• French: piédestal
• German: Piedestal, Sockel, Postament, Podest, Stand, Basis, Ständer, Gestell, Untergestell, Bock, Auflagebock, Auflager, Trägergerüst, Standfuß, Stützbock
• Italian: piedistallo
• Portuguese: pedestal
• Russian: пьедеста́л
• Spanish: pedestal, peana

Verb

pedestal (pedestals, present participle pedestaling; past and past participle pedestaled)

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

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