pedestal
Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).
Synonyms: podesta, pedestals, edental, pedestrial, podestas, potestal, predental
Antonyms: podesta, pedestals, edental, pedestrial, podestas, potestal, predental
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Noun
- {{lb|en|architecture}} The [[base]] or foot of a [[column]], [[statue]], [[vase]], [[lamp]].
- {{lb|en|figuratively}} A place of [[reverence]] or [[honor]].
- {{lb|en|rail transport}} A [[casting]] secured to the [[frame]] of a [[truck]] of a [[railcar]] and forming a [[jaw]] for holding a [[journal box]].
- {{lb|en|machining}} A [[pillow block]]; a low [[housing]].
- {{lb|en|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]].
- {{lb|en|steam heating}} a pedestal coil, group of connected straight [[pipe]]s arranged side by side and one above another, used in a [[radiator]].
- {{lb|en|telecommunications}} A ground-level housing for a passive connection point for underground cables.
- {{lb|en|electronics}} The measured value when no input signal is given.
- {{lb|en|aviation}} The [[central]] part of the [[cockpit]], between the [[pilot]]s, where various controls are located.
- {{lb|en|photography}} An item upon which television [[camera]]s are mounted.
- 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.
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