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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024plinth /plɪnθ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Architecturea square base or a lower block, as of a pedestal or a column.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024plinth (plinth),USA pronunciation n. [Archit.]- Architecturea slablike member beneath the base of a column or pier. See diag. under column.
- Architecturea square base or a lower block, as of a pedestal.
- BuildingAlso called plinth′ course′. a projecting course of stones at the base of a wall;
earth table. - Building(in joinery) a flat member at the bottom of an architrave, dado, baseboard, or the like.
- Greek plínthos plinth, squared stone, brick, tile
- Latin
- earlier plinthus 1555–65
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: plinth /plɪnθ/ n
Also called: socle the rectangular slab or block that forms the lowest part of the base of a column, statue, pedestal, or pier- Also called: plinth course the lowest part of the wall of a building that appears above ground level, esp one that is formed of a course of stone or brick
- a flat block on either side of a doorframe, where the architrave meets the skirting
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin plinthus, from Greek plinthos brick, shaped stone |