pedestal

Noun

See foot, stall, footstall, stand and swivel

1. (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. 1. (Railroad Cars) A casting secured to the frame of a truck and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.
   2. (Mach.) A pillow block; a low housing.
   3. (Bridge Building) An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier.
3. Pedestal coil (steam Heating), a group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, -- used in a radiator.

8 letters in word "pedestal": A D E E L P S T.

No anagrams for pedestal found in this word list.

• Definitions:
• base: a support or foundation; "the base of the lamp" a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority); "they put him on a pedestal" an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)
• Pedestal (from French piedestal, Italian piedestallo, foot of a stall) is a term generally applied to the support of a statue or a vase.
• A small DC step within the video signal separating active video* from the blanking level which indicates the picture's black-level*. It is used as a reference in a standard video signal for the white level and all the gray levels in between. Only NTSC uses a pedestal.
• The column that the wheel is mounted on.
• Also known as the deck support.
• Columnar support for the wheel in the cockpit.
• Tall, narrow base which supports a statue, lamp, vase or any decorative object. Usually treated with moldings at the top and a base block on the bottom. Without moldings it is called a plinth.
• In radar, a device for supporting and positioning the antenna. Typically, the pedestal allows the azimuth and elevation angles of the antenna to be controlled separately or in a coordinated way to permit different methods of scanning.
• A camera move vertically lowering or raising the camcorder, approaching either the floor or the ceiling, while keeping the camera level.
• A type of hoodoo with a wide top. (photo)
• A splice case for feeder and distribution cables. Pedestals are also used as distribution terminals.
• A block used as a stand for a vase, an urn or a statue.
• a raised area isolated around important excavated materials to facilitate their study.
• The foundation for a hardside waterbed.
• A base for a column, pilaster, or statue. Also, a post in a balustrade. See BALUSTRADE.
• In classical architecture, the base supporting a column or colonnade.
• a cast or built-up metal member or assemblage that transmits loads from one part of a structure to another. ...
• a vertical post in the cockpit used to elevate the steering wheel into a convenient position.
• For a franchised cable operator in the MDU environment, the point at which cable wiring becomes dedicated to an individual unit. (See Lockbox.)
• A splice box or case for distribution wiring or cables, that contains terminals for wiring connections.

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