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Pedestal   /pˈɛdəstəl/   Listen
Pedestal

noun
1.
A support or foundation.  Synonyms: base, stand.
2.
A position of great esteem (and supposed superiority).
3.
An architectural support or base (as for a column or statue).  Synonyms: footstall, plinth.



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"Pedestal" Quotes from Famous Books



... late delighted with the sight Of your four Sisters cloth'd in black and white. Of fairer Dames the Sun n'er Saw the face, Though made a pedestal for Adams Race; Their worth so shines in these rich lines you show Their paralels to finde I scarely know To climbe their Climes, I have nor strength nor skill To mount so high requires an Eagle's quill; Yet view thereof did cause my thoughts to soar, My lowly pen ...
— Anne Bradstreet and Her Time • Helen Campbell
... thrice-wide, and with the voice of prophets, The pit spoke: "Temple, none! Nor pedestal! Nor light! In vain! For nowhere is thy flower fit, O maker! Better for ever lost ...
— Life Immovable - First Part • Kostes Palamas
... early period at '65' we decided," says Edison, "to light it up with the Edison system, and put a gas-engine in the cellar, using city gas. One day it was not going very well, and I went down to the man in charge and got exploring around. Finally I opened the pedestal—a storehouse for tools, etc. We had an open lamp, and when we opened the pedestal, it blew the doors off, and blew out the windows, and knocked me ...
— Edison, His Life and Inventions • Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin
... again there was ice in huge sheets jammed against the great cliffs of Belle Isle, and clear water between. Suddenly the straining eyes of the old sailor shone with a totally new light. He jumped to his feet, and with hands shading his starting eyes, stood motionless like a statue on the pedestal of his lookout, now white as the purest marble in its ...
— Labrador Days - Tales of the Sea Toilers • Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
... occupied too much for chatter and laughter. What could be underneath the tent? Seeing a boy occasionally lift one of the flapping corners, we took licence from his example to appease our curiosity. It was the statue of a bronze horse rearing spiritedly. The workmen were engaged fixing its pedestal in ...
— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith


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