Pedestal

Noun

 * 1)  The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like; the part on which an upright work stands. It  consists of three parts, the base, the die or dado, and the cornice or surbase molding. See Illust. of {Column}.
 * 2) (Railroad Cars) A casting secured to the frame of a truck and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.
 * 3) (Mach.) A pillow block; a low housing.
 * 4) (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.
 * 5) Pedestal coil (steam Heating), a group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, -- used in a radiator.
 * 1) Pedestal coil (steam Heating), a group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, -- used in a radiator.

Derived terms

 * pedestal fan
 * place on a pedestal

Verb

 * 1) To set or support on (or as if on) a pedestal

Adjectives for Pedestal
elevated; formal; equal.

Verbs for Pedestal
adorn—; bestride—; construct—; erect upon —; mount on—; ornament—; prop on—; repose on—; rest on—; topple from—; totter on—; —affords; —bases; —bolsters; —» maintains; —supports; —sustains.

Thesaurus
aggrandize, apotheosize, baluster, balustrade, banister, base, caryatid, colonnade, column, dado, deify, die, dignify, elevate, ennoble, exalt, foot, footstalk, foundation, glorify, honor, idolize, jack, magnify, mounting, newel-post, pedicel, peduncle, pier, pilaster, pile, piling, pillar, platform, plinth, pole, post, queen-post, raise, revere, shaft, socle, staff, stalk, stanchion, stand, standard, stem, subbase, sublime, substructure, support, surbase, trunk, upright, uproar, worship

Etymology
From piédestal, from  piedistallo (pie "foot" di "of" stall "stand") "footstall".

Noun

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 * German:, Sockel,  Postament,  Podest

Noun

 * 1) pedestal