pedestal

  1. 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}.
  2. Noun.  Pedestal coil (steam heating), a group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, -- used in a radiator.
  3. Verb.  To set or support on (or as if on) a pedestal.

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