bearing pedestal

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noun

an independent support for a bearing, usually incorporating a bearing housing

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Words nearby bearing pedestal

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How to use bearing pedestal in a sentence

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.
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The others are difficult to identify, since they reacted with other oxygen-bearing molecules in the soil.
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Their decay proceeded without a ready supply of oxygen, producing hydrocarbons like methane instead of oxygen-bearing molecules.
Methane on Mars: Life or Just Gas?|Matthew R. Francis|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Thanks to the film bearing his name, Oskar Schindler is probably the most well-known of these, but there are many others.
The Straight Hero of Cameroon’s Gays|Jay Michaelson|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST

For his part, Logan now believes that more than 95 percent of cone bearing trees are infected.
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The sense of bearing on to the voice, or endeavoring to push the tone by any pressure whatever, should be absolutely avoided.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
One, a man of distinguished looks and military bearing, was a little in advance of the other two.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
From several doorways other men emerged, some of martial bearing, showing that the place was garrisoned to some extent.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
My soul hateth your new moons, and your solemnities: they are become troublesome to me, I am weary of bearing them.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
This he did, erecting at the harbor a beautiful cross bearing the arms of France.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various