pedestal [ped-uh-stl] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
pedestal [ped-uh-stl]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: support for something
Synonyms: base, bed, bottom, foot, foundation, mounting, platform, plinth, podium, stand, substructure, support
Main Entry: bottom
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: foundation
Synonyms: base, basement, basis, bed, bedrock, belly, deepest part, depths, floor, foot, footing, ground, groundwork, lowest part, nadir, nether portion, pedestal, pediment, rest, seat, sole, substratum, substructure, support, terra firma, underbelly, underneath, underside
Antonyms: top
Main Entry: column
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: pillar
Synonyms: brace, buttress, caryatid, colonnade, cylinder, mast, minaret, monolith, monument, obelisk, pedestal, peristyle, pier, pilaster, post, prop, pylon, shaft, standard, stay, stele, support, totem, tower, underpinning, upright
Example Sentences
  • When the device was to be used, technicians connected the pedestal to a computer with a cable.
  • Pedestal stands look cool and minimalist, too, but they won't cut it either.
  • Atop a cylindrical pedestal is another glowing ribbon.
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Main Entry: pillar
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: column of building, or freestanding column
Synonyms: colonnade, mast, obelisk, pedestal, pier, pilaster, piling, post, prop, shaft, stanchion, support, tower, upright
Main Entry: post
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: upright support
Synonyms: column, doorpost, leg, mast, newel, pale, palisade, panel, pedestal, picket, pile, pillar, pole, prop, rail, shaft, stake, standard, stilt, stock, stud
Main Entry: rest
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: base, foundation
Synonyms: basis, bed, bottom, footing, ground, groundwork, holder, pedestal, pediment, pillar, prop, seat, seating, shelf, stand, stay, support, trestle
Main Entry: substratum
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: base
Synonyms: basement, basis, bed, bedrock, bottom, foot, footing, foundation, fundament, ground, groundwork, infrastructure, pedestal, rest, root, seat, seating, stand, substructure, support, underpinning
Main Entry: undersurface
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: bottom
Synonyms: base, basement, basis, bed, bedrock, belly, deepest part, depths, floor, foot, footing, ground, groundwork, lowest part, nadir, nether portion, pedestal, pediment, rest, seat, sole, substratum, substructure, support, terra firma, underbelly, underneath, underside
Related Words
Main Entry: bottom
Part of Speech: adjective, noun
Related
Adjectives:
bottom, basad, basal, based on, benthonic, built on, caudad, founded on, fundamental, grounded on, nethermost, undermost
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