pedestal
an architectural support for a column, statue, vase, or the like.
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.
Building Trades. a bulge cast at the bottom of a concrete pile.
to put on or supply with a pedestal.
Idioms about pedestal
set / put on a pedestal, to glorify; idealize: When we first became engaged each of us set the other on a pedestal.
Origin of pedestal
1Other words from pedestal
- un·ped·es·tal, verb (used with object), un·ped·es·taled, un·ped·es·tal·ing or (especially British) un·ped·es·talled, un·ped·es·tal·ling.
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How to use pedestal in a sentence
A great deal of the joy of watching the film is thanks to Mads Mikkelsen, whose face reminds me of a statue you might find carved into rock and resting on a museum pedestal.
I dare you to not be moved by Another Round, an existentialist film about day drinking | Alissa Wilkinson | December 18, 2020 | VoxHeeding Ditka, who would whisper, “they put you on that pedestal and then they knock you down,” is a tricky task.
As praise pours in for Washington football, Ron Rivera needs to mix confidence with caution | Les Carpenter | December 17, 2020 | Washington PostThey build you up too much and put you on that pedestal, and then they knock you down.
As praise pours in for Washington football, Ron Rivera needs to mix confidence with caution | Les Carpenter | December 17, 2020 | Washington PostFor 15 years, the 35-year-old worked to “put people in their best light, to put them on a pedestal.”
She fell into QAnon and went viral for destroying a Target mask display. Now she’s rebuilding her life. | Travis Andrews | November 11, 2020 | Washington PostThose notions placed women on a pedestal – but also denied them opportunities.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Helped Shape The Modern Era Of Women’s Rights – Even Before She Went On The Supreme Court | LGBTQ-Editor | September 21, 2020 | No Straight News
But whereas we used to be satisfied gazing on that perfection as it stood up on a pedestal, now we want it down among us.
Bow Down, Bitches: How Beyoncé Turned an Elevator Brawl Into a Perfect Year | Kevin Fallon | December 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAlmost a decade later Olmstead has stepped down from her pedestal to focus more of her time on sports and friends.
Her very first sculpture, a metallic chrome unicorn aptly titled “Space Oracle,” sits on a pedestal directly in front.
The151-foot newborn waited in the harbor on her 171-foot pedestal, a huge French flag fluttering over her dark copper face.
128 Years Old and Still a Looker: Happy Birthday to Lady Liberty | Elizabeth Mitchell | October 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA delicious marble Cupid appeared to have just alighted on his pedestal at the upper end of the room.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show | Robert W. Chambers | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe resented his sudden drop from his pedestal, for he looked sentimental and somewhat sheepish.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonNext moment Tom Brown sent a bullet straight into his heart, and his tail made a splendid flourish as he fell off his pedestal!
Hunting the Lions | R.M. BallantyneHe was sumptuously buried in Kensal Green, where a marble pedestal carries his portrait and his epitaph.
Here and there we will find a boulder perched on a pedestal of ice, which indicates a recent down-wearing of the field.
Outlines of the Earth's History | Nathaniel Southgate ShalerThe pedestal of this clock represented in bas-relief the birth of astronomy on the Egyptian plains.
Urania | Camille Flammarion
British Dictionary definitions for pedestal
/ (ˈpɛdɪstəl) /
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)
either of a pair of sets of drawers used as supports for a writing surface
(as modifier): a pedestal desk
Origin of pedestal
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with pedestal
see on a pedestal.
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