English-Thai Dictionary

pedestal

N แท่น  ฐาน  เชิง  base footstall stand tean

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PEDESTAL

n.[L. pes, the foot. ] In architecture, the lowest part of a column or pillar; the part which sustains a column or serves as its foot. It consists of three parts, the base, the die and the cornice.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PEDESTAL

Ped "es *tal, n. Etym: [Sp. pedestal; cf. F. piédestal, It. piedestallo; fr. L. es, pedis, foot + OHG. stal standing place, station, place, akin to E. stall. See Foot, and Stall, and Footstall. ]

 

1. (Arch. )

 

Defn: 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. Build him a pedestal, and say, "Stand there! " Cowper.

 

2. (a ) (Railroad Cars ) A casting secured to the frame of a truck and forming a jaw for holding a journal box. (b ) (Mach. ) A pillow block; a low housing. (c ) (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. Pedestal coil (steam Heating ), a group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, -- used in a radiator.

 

PEDESTALED

PEDESTALED Ped "es *taled, a.

 

Defn: Placed on, or supported by, a pedestal; figuratively, exalted. Hawthorne. Pedestaled haply in a palace court. Keats.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

pedestal

ped es tal |ˈpedəstl ˈpɛdəstl | ▶noun 1 the base or support on which a statue, obelisk, or column is mounted. • each of the two supports of a kneehole desk or table, typically containing drawers. • the supporting column or base of a washbasin or toilet bowl. 2 a position in which someone is greatly or uncritically admired: It's as if I'm on a pedestal and he worships me – I hate that. PHRASES put (or place ) someone on a pedestal give someone uncritical respect or admiration; treat someone as an ideal rather than a real person: If you idolize a girl and put her on a pedestal, she will sense it instantly. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French piédestal, from Italian piedestallo, from piè ‘foot ’ (from Latin pes, ped-, which later influenced the spelling ) + di ‘of ’ + stallo ‘stall. ’

 

pedestal table

ped es tal ta ble ▶noun a table with a single central support.

 

Oxford Dictionary

pedestal

ped |es ¦tal |ˈpɛdɪst (ə )l | ▶noun 1 the base or support on which a statue, obelisk, or column is mounted. • each of the two supports of a kneehole desk or table. • the supporting column or base of a washbasin or toilet pan. 2 a position in which someone is greatly or uncritically admired: It's as if I'm on a pedestal and he worships me – I hate that. last week's leaders were knocked off their pedestal, losing their first game of the season. ▶verb ( pedestals, pedestalling, pedestalled; US pedestals, pedestaling, pedestaled ) [ with obj. ] (often as adj. pedestalled ) set or support on a pedestal. PHRASES put (or place ) someone on a pedestal give someone uncritical respect or admiration; treat someone as an ideal rather than a real person: if you idolize a girl and put her on a pedestal, she will sense it instantly. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French piédestal, from Italian piedestallo, from piè ‘foot ’ (from Latin pes, ped-, which later influenced the spelling ) + di ‘of ’ + stallo ‘stall ’.

 

pedestal table

ped |es ¦tal table ▶noun a table with a single central support.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

pedestal

pedestal noun a bust on a pedestal: plinth, base, support, mounting, stand, foundation, pillar, column, pier; Architecture socle. PHRASES put on a pedestal if you put me on a pedestal, I'll eventually disappoint you: idealize, lionize, look up to, respect, hold in high regard, think highly of, admire, esteem, revere, worship.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

pedestal

pedestal noun a bust of Shakespeare on a pedestal: plinth, base, support, bottom, bed, foot, substructure, mounting, platform, stand, foundation, pillar, column, pier; Architecture podium, socle. PHRASES put someone on a pedestal at an early age one puts one's father on a pedestal: idealize, exalt, lionize, heroize, aggrandize; look up to, respect, hold in high regard, think highly of, have a high opinion of, hold in admiration, admire; esteem, revere, glorify, adulate, worship, hero-worship, adore, reverence, venerate, deify.

 

Spanish Dictionary

pedestal

pedestal nombre masculino 1 Cuerpo sólido, generalmente con forma de prisma rectangular, sobre el que se apoya una columna, una estatua u otro objeto :en el mainel se destaca la figura de la Virgen del Amparo, talla gótica de piedra colocada sobre un pedestal labrado; (fig ) el sueño de todos es común: desbancar al equipo italiano de su pedestal .2 Buena opinión o consideración en que se tiene a una persona :tener a alguien en un pedestal; la pone en un pedestal siempre que habla de ella .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

pedestal

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