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Definitions: Pedestal |
PedestalNoun1. A support or foundation; "the base of the lamp". 2. A position of great esteem (and supposed superiority); "they put him on a pedestal". 3. An architectural support or base (as for a column or statue). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "pedestal" was first used: 1563. (references) |
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Building & Civil Engineering | A device normally consisting of a ridge plank fixed edgeways to two pair of legs, each pair with the legs converging to meet at the plank; it is, inter alia, used as a solitary scaffold or as a support for duckboards. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A structural member located at predetermined position connecting the sill beam to the capping slab for uniform distribution of load in the case of isolated capping slab. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| A wide column or short wall of masonry or plain or reinforced concrete for carrying heavy loads, such as a support for a bridge. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Mechanical Engineering | A straight standard having a wide upper surface which receives a mechanism. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A radial bearing whose housing is composed of two parts-a pedestal body and a removable cap-held together by two bolts. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Mining | A relatively slender neck or column of rock capped by a wider mass of rock and produced by undercutting as a result of wind abrasion (as in the Southwestern United States.) or by differential weathering.See also:pedestal rock. (references) |
Post & Telecom | In a picture signal, the separation in level between the black level and the blanking level. Source: European Union. (references) |
Public Administration | The -- is the support or foundation of the desk, and it contains the drawers. . Source: European Union. (references) |
| A support of a piece of furniture. . . the table's single -branched into four legs. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Transportation | The supporting assembly for an optic. Source: European Union. (references) |
| An upright structure in an aircraft on which is mounted a control or a group of controls. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: PedestalSynonyms: base (n), footstall (n), plinth (n), stand (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: stand-in (mechanical engineeringbuilding & civil engineering). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Elevation | Verb: heighten, elevate, raise, lift, erect; set up, stick up, perch up, perk up, tilt up; rear, hoist, heave; uplift, upraise, uprear, upbear, upcast, uphoist, upheave; buoy, weigh mount, give a lift; exalt; sublimate; place on a pedestal, set on a pedestal. |
Support | Post, pillar, shaft, thill, column, pilaster; pediment, pedicle; pedestal; plinth, shank, leg, socle, zocle; buttress, jamb, mullion, abutment; baluster, banister, stanchion; balustrade; headstone; upright; door post, jamb, door jamb. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | They wouldn't put me on a pedestal, so I'm layin' them out on a slab! (Batman Returns; writing credit: Bob Kane; Daniel Waters) He's got you on a pedestal and me in his arms. (My Best Friend's Wedding; writing credit: Ronald Bass) | |
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 | The "Mundif" Pedestal Closet.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Underway off the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, after overhaul, 26 July 1960. Note the new electronics antennas received during this overhaul, among them a Tactical Air Navigation (TACAN) "pot" atop the mainmast, antenna for SPS-29 air search radar (replacing a SPS-12) atop the pedestal aft of the mainmast, and two SPQ-5 guided-missile guidance radars (replacing the ship's original pair of Mark 25 Mod 7 types) just forward of the "Terrier" missile launchers.Credit: NAVY. |
 | Moored at Genoa, Italy, 27 January 1962. Note the large antenna for a SPS-37A air search radar (replacing the SPS-29 first fitted in 1960), located atop the pedestal just aft of her mainmast. This antenna was later moved to a new location, atop Boston's mainmast.Credit: NAVY. |  | Roman Doric entablature and column on pedestal. Elevation study.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Fountain (Ridgefield, Conn.). Version with basin mounted on baluster form above rectilinear pedestal. Sketch elevation study.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Woman leaning on stone pedestal looking at shadows in the sky.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | "Yes suh, she's on a pedestal!".Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Full length portrait of young woman smoking a cigarette, seated on pedestal, in profile.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Circus stock poster showing four people looking up at three green demons on pedestal removing cover from bouquet of roses] / Warren, Johnson & Co., designers, engravers, and printers, Buffalo.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Allegorical scene showing female figure on pedestal, holding staff with liberty cap and shield.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Ralph Waldo Emerson | The True Artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife, has nothing broader than his shoes. |
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Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Hester Prynne, meanwhile, kept her place upon the pedestal of shame, with glazed eyes, and an air of weary indifference. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | At the terreplain of the Pont Neuf, the word (r)Redivivus was sculptured on the pedestal which awaited the statue of Henri IV. |
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Health | Pedestal fracture is a problem unique to the percutaneous device, but occurs rarely. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Pedestal" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Pedestal" is used about 189 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 189 | 22,353 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "pedestal": control pedestal ♦ optic pedestal ♦ pedestal base ♦ pedestal bearing ♦ pedestal coil ♦ pedestal lamp ♦ pedestal table ♦ place on a pedestal ♦ put on a pedestal ♦ set on a pedestal ♦ set smb. on a pedestal. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "pedestal": pedestal-light. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "pedestal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | piedestal (Mount), bazament (basis, bed, Mount, plinth, podium). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | قاعدة التمثال, وضعه فوق قاعدة, أساس (armature, base, basis, bottom, crux, footing, foundation, fundament, ground, grounding, grounds, roadbed, rock, structure, subsoil, substratum, substructure), رمى من القاعدة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | статив, цокъл (dado, die, socket, socle, washboard), основа (accidence, alkali, base, basis, bed, foot, footing, foundation, fundamental, grounding, groundwork, joint, lye, radix, seat, seating, sole, staff, stem, substratum, substructure, theme, underpinning, warp, warp and woof), поставям на пиедестал (pinnacle), подставка (chock, horse-block, jamb, mounting, prop, rest, seat, sole, stand, standard, stock, support), пиедестал (foot), издигам на пиедестал. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 垫座, 台座 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | podstavec (base, easel, foot, horse, Mount, plinth, rest, support, trestle), základ (basis, foundation, ground-in, principle, radical, radix, root, rudiment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | postament (observation pillar), pille (capsule, column, nut, pellet, pier, pill, pillar, small sphere of solid deuterium-tritium, stanchion, support, supporting column), piedestal, sokkel (base, cap, footing, lamp cap, plinth, skirting, toeboard), soejle (column, pier, pillar, stanchion, supporting column), sideskab, søjlefod (pedestal base, stand), linsebord (optic pedestal), lejehus (pedestal bearing, pillow block, plummer block, split bearing, two-piece bearing), lejefod, leje (bearing carrier, bearing-assembly, due, hire, lying area, pillow block, plummer block, plummer block seating, rent, rental, royalty, tax), forskallingsbuk (stand, trestle), fodplade (plate part of leg primordium), baerende soejle (column, pier, pillar, stanchion, supporting column), arbejdsbuk (stand, trestle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | pedestal, voetstuk (acroterium ou acroterion, mounting, supporting base), piëdestal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | piedestalo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پایه مجسمه , پایه ستون , محور (Axis, Axle, Hinge, Pivot), ترفیع دادن (Increase, Promote), روی پایه قراردادن , شالوده (Base, Infrastructure, Skeleton, Sole, Texture), بلندکردن (Enhance, Ennoble, Enthrone, Exalt, Heave, Heighten, Hoist, Lift, Loft, Rear, Remove, Upraise). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | jalusta (base, baseboard, column, pier, pillar, plinth, skirting, stanchion, stand, supporting column, toeboard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | socle (pedestal base). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Sockel (base, basement, bottom, cap, footing, foundation, holder, Mount, mounting, pedestal unit, pedestals, pillar, pinch, plinth, skirting, socket, socle, substratum, supporting base, toeboard), Postament (base), podest (dais, landing, platform, podium, stage, stair-landing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βάθρο (abutment, base, base plate, basement, baseplate, baserock, bed plate, block, cradle, foundation, podium, stand, step, support). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מעמי" (base, plinth, stand), מס" (basement, basis, foundation, plinth), תושבת (base, basis, chassis, foundation, undercarriage), א"ן (base, footplate, foundation, plinth, sleeper, socket of a column), בסיס (base, basis, foundation, fundament, plinth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | talapzat (leg, mounting, patten, plinth, settling, underside), alapzat (base, bed, bottom, footing, fundament, plinth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | piedistallo (base, podium, stage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | ペット病 (pedestrian, pedicure, pepper, pet-communicated infection, Petri, Petri-net), 台座 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ペデスタル , いざ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 주춧대. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | laan (mould, plenum, scabbard, stud). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | edestalpay suporte (backer, backing, base, basis, boom, brace, bracing, bracket, buttress, carrier, cleat, column, crutch, foot, form, frame, framework, girdle, hanger, header, hold, holder, holding, holding device, lay over, leg, mounting, mounting bracket, pedestal base, pillow, pillow block, post, prop, prop agent, proppant, propping, propping agent, retaining, ribbing, shoring, socket, stake, stanchion, stand, stay, stock, stool, substrate, support, supporter, supporting, tie-plate, tube), pedestal (base, basis, Patten, pedestal base, rest, stand). (various references) postament (Patten, socle, standard, support), piedestal (base, dado, foot, leg, plinth), soclu (base, bed, bottom, dado, footing, socle, truss), mãsuţã de noapte, bazã de coloanã. (various references) пьедестал. (various references) pulag (ball, round stone). (various references) postolje (chassis, mount, rack, stand), podnožje (foothill), pijedestal. (various references) pedestal (foot). (various references) postament (dado, postament). (various references) temel (abecederian, back drop, backbone, basal, base, basic, basis, bed, bottom, bread and butter, constitutive, corner stone, elemental, elementary, footing, fortification, foundation, fundament, fundamental, grass roots, ground, ground form, groundwork, guiding, hard pan, keystone, parent, primary, principal, root, rudimental, rudimentary, socle, staple, substratum, substructure, underlying, working), kaide (base, basis, entablement, fundament, matrix, precept, principle, socle, sole). (various references) основа (backbone, base, basement, bases, basis, bottom, carcass, chain, foot, groundwork, pediment, principle, root, source, substratum, substructure, underlay), п'"дестал (base, socle). (various references) bệ (dais, sole, stage), đôn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | basis. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | basara, base, basem, bases, basesque, basi, basiae, basibus, basim, basis, basium, crepidine, crepidinem, crepidinis, crepido. (various references) |
| Italian | 900-Modern | piedistallo. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "pedestal": pedestaled, pedestaling, pedestalled, pedestalling, pedestals. (additional references) | |
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"Pedestal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Pdeastman, Pedasa, Pedastall, Peddeston, pedesta, pedestae, pedestral, pedeta, pedistal, penestai, Perdeeta, Podeschi, podesta. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "pedestal" (pronounced pe"dustul) |
| 4 | -s t u l | bicoastal, Bristol, coastal, crustal, crystal, distal, hostel, hostile, Pistil, pistol, postal, vestal. |
| 3 | -t u l | accidental, acquittal, anecdotal, artiodactyl, battle, beetle, belittle, betel, bottle, brattle, brittle, brutal, butyl, Cantle, capital, Capitol, cattle, chattel, chortle, coincidental, committal, compartmental, congenital, consonantal, continental, dental, detrimental, developmental, digital, disgruntle, dismantle, ductile, elemental, embattle, entitle, environmental, experimental, extramarital, fatal, fertile, fetal, fractal, frontal, fundamental, futile, genital, gentle, glottal, governmental, horizontal, hospital, hurtle, immortal, immotile, incidental, incremental, infantile, infertile, instrumental, intercontinental, intergovernmental, judgmental, kettle, Kittel, Kittle, lentil, lintel, little, mantel, mantle, marital, mental, metal, mettle, monumental, mortal, motile, Myrtle, Natal, neonatal, nettle, noncommittal, nonfatal, nongovernmental, nonvolatile, occidental, occipital, orbital, oriental, ornamental, parental, parietal, periodontal, petal, pivotal, portal, postnatal, Pottle, prattle, prefrontal, premarital, prenatal, projectile, quintal, rattle, rebuttal, recital, rectal, regimental, rental, resettle, scuttle, sentimental, settle, shuttle, skeletal, skittle, societal, spittle, startle, subtitle, subtle, supplemental, tactile, tattle, temperamental, throttle, title, tittle, tootle, total, transcendental, transcontinental, transmittal, turtle, unsentimental, unsettle, unsubtle, varietal, vegetal, versatile, vital, vittle, volatile, Whittle, Wintle. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-l-p-s-t" | |
-1 letter: delates, elapsed, pestled, petaled, pleased, pleated, sepaled, stapled. | |
-2 letters: adepts, asleep, delate, deltas, desalt, elapse, elated, elates, eldest, etapes, lapsed, lasted, leaped, leased, padles, palest, palets, pasted, pastel, pealed, pedals, pedate, pelted, pesade, peseta, pestle, petals, plated, plates, pleads, please, pleats, salted, sealed, seated, sedate, septal, slated, staled, staple, stelae, teased, teasel. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-l-p-s-t" | |
+1 letter: bedplates, depilates, endplates, pedestals, plastered. | |
+2 letters: palletised, pedestaled, petalodies, plaistered, spectacled, speculated, splattered, stepladder. | |
+3 letters: depopulates, desperately, interpleads, pedestaling, pedestalled, pediculates, replastered, stepladders. | |
+4 letters: bespectacled, bipedalities, depilatories, displacement, disreputable, encapsulated, expostulated, pedestalling, pentlandites, postdeadline, postmedieval, presidential, reduplicates, semipalmated, slipstreamed, tradespeople. | |
+5 letters: displacements, exasperatedly, interpleaders, lepidopterans, pentaploidies, preadolescent, sextuplicated, superelevated, superovulated, tetraploidies. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 65 64 65 73 74 61 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. . -.. . ... - .- .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100101 01100100 01100101 01110011 01110100 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P e d e s t a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0065 0064 0065 0073 0074 0061 006C |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5071707185866778 |
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