plinth
Etymology

From , from , from .

Pronunciation Noun

plinth (plural plinths)

  1. A block or slab upon which a column, pedestal, statue or other structure is based.
    The queen placed the vase on the plinth so the cupbearer could fill it with flowers.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC ↗:
      He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.
  2. The bottom course of a wall.
  3. A base or pedestal beneath a cabinet.
Translations Translations Translations


This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.003
Offline English dictionary