rostrum
any platform, stage, or the like, for public speaking.
a pulpit.
a beaklike projection from the prow of a ship, especially one on an ancient warship for ramming an enemy ship; beak; ram.
Roman Antiquity. (in the forum) the raised platform, adorned with the beaks of captured warships, from which orations, pleadings, etc., were delivered.
Biology. a beaklike process or extension of some part; rostellum.
British Theater. a raised platform or dais, especially one with hinged sides that can be folded and stored within a relatively small space.
Origin of rostrum
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How to use rostrum in a sentence
When they are gone, I will fight Varro on the rostra, in the Senate.
The Lion's Brood | Duffield OsborneThe tribune swore, and kept his oath; he related the reason of his abandonment of his action to an assembly at the Rostra.
L. Annaeus Seneca On Benefits | SenecaThe most interesting part, however, of an ancient ship to us at the present day was the beak or rostra.
How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves | W.H.G. KingstonFrom its rostra, or stone platform, addresses were delivered by political agitators to open-air assemblies of the people.
Roman Mosaics | Hugh MacmillanOn this becoming popular he built a new rostra, which was called the plebeian rostra or Rostra Julia.
Rambles in Rome | S. Russell Forbes
British Dictionary definitions for rostrum
/ (ˈrɒstrəm) /
any platform, stage, or dais on which public speakers stand to address an audience
a platform or dais in front of an orchestra on which the conductor stands
another word for ram (def. 5)
the prow or beak of an ancient Roman ship
biology zoology a beak or beaklike part
Origin of rostrum
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