pedestal

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp.
2. A place of reverence or honor.
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. An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier.
6. a pedestal coil, group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, used in a radiator.
7. A ground-level housing for a passive connection point for underground cables.
8. The measured value when no input signal is given.
9. The central part of the cockpit, between the pilots, where various controls are located.
10. The tough protuberant pad covering a dromedary's sternum, which, when the camel lies down, causes the abdomen to be slightly above the hot ground.

Verb

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

Sinonieme

base

stand

plinth

footstall

prop

bed

🛏️

foot

🦶

support

chair

🪑

socle

leg

🦵

footing

lug support

pier

supporting block

pillar

pedestal level

bracket

foundation

bearer

seat

💺

dais

mounting

pillow

platform

rack

rim

shelf

side

socket

stabilizer

staff

stake

stanchion

stool

strut

supporter

tie rod

tip

tray

display stand

supporting pillar

brace strut

support stand

buckstay

prop stay

support pillar

bed box

blanking level

cabinet base

cross arm

pedestal body

foundation pier

cabinet leg

supporting column

foundation support

carrier frame

base seat

case of fit

supporting seat

support abutment

stand leg

supporting strut

strut rod

prop mainstay

support leg

support post

post column

rock pedestal

bearing stand

foot /ft.

f./

abutment

pillar-base

basement

basis

bearing

block

border

bracing

carriage

carrier

column

console

cradle

edge

fiddle

foothold

footstep

frame

ground

groundwork

gudgeon

holder

mount

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈpɛdɪstəl/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Middle French piédestal from Italian piedistallo (literally “foot stand”).

Sinne

In the center of the roof is a white pedestal supporting an overturned pineapple .