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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ped•es•tal /ˈpɛdəstəl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a supporting base esp. for a column, statue, etc.
Idioms- Idioms set or put on a pedestal, [set/put + object + on a pedestal] to believe (someone) to be great;
to glorify;
idealize:tended to put women on a pedestal.
See -ped-1. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ped•es•tal (ped′ə stl),USA pronunciation n., v., -taled, -tal•ing or (esp. Brit.) -talled, -tal•ling. n. - Architecturean architectural support for a column, statue, vase, or the like. See diag. under column.
- a supporting structure or piece;
base. - Furniture
- a support for a desk, consisting of a boxlike frame containing drawers one above the other.
- a columnar support for a tabletop.
- Buildinga bulge cast at the bottom of a concrete pile.
- Idioms set or put on a pedestal, to glorify;
idealize:When we first became engaged each of us set the other on a pedestal.
v.t. - to put on or supply with a pedestal.
- Italian piedestallo, variant of piedistallo literally, foot of stall. See ped-2, de, stall1
- alteration of Middle French piedestal 1555–65
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: pedestal /ˈpɛdɪstəl/ n - a base that supports a column, statue, etc, as used in classical architecture
- a position of eminence or supposed superiority (esp in the phrases place, put, or set on a pedestal)
Etymology: 16th Century: from French piédestal, from Old Italian piedestallo, from pie foot + di of + stallo a stall |