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pedestal
[ ped-uh-stl ]
noun
- an architectural support for a column, statue, vase, or the like.
- a supporting structure or piece; base.
- Furniture.
- a support for a desk, consisting of a boxlike frame containing drawers one above the other.
- a columnar support for a tabletop.
- Building Trades. a bulge cast at the bottom of a concrete pile.
verb (used with object)
- to put on or supply with a pedestal.
pedestal
/ ˈɛɪə /
noun
- a base that supports a column, statue, etc, as used in classical architecture
- a position of eminence or supposed superiority (esp in the phrases place, put, or set on a pedestal )
- either of a pair of sets of drawers used as supports for a writing surface
- ( as modifier )
a pedestal desk
Other Word Forms
- ܲ·IJ·ٲ verb (used with object) unpedestaled unpedestaling or (especially British) unpedestalled unpedestalling
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of pedestal1
Idioms and Phrases
- set / put on a pedestal, to glorify; idealize:
When we first became engaged each of us set the other on a pedestal.
More idioms and phrases containing pedestal
see on a pedestal .Example Sentences
The Pope's coffin will also not be raised on a pedestal.
"Space tends to get put on a pedestal. But the truth is we need more people from other backgrounds. A career here is for anyone interested in space, such as project managers or lawyers."
"I cannot support and will not support another centrist government intent on destroying local democracy and dictating national policy from a high pedestal," he said.
So, any kind of joke that would take you off that pedestal is a deep threat to you.
Careful pencil marks are placed on an aesthetic pedestal, while the speed of a camera’s shutter-click in shooting the source material is slowed to the crawl of a careful drawing.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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