pedestal
- Noun. (architecture) 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}.
- Noun. Pedestal coil (steam heating), a group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, -- used in a radiator.
- Verb. To set or support on (or as if on) a pedestal.
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