Definition of Pedestal

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Pedestal

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.

A casting secured to the frame of a truck and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.

A pillow block; a low housing.

An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier.

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Pedestal Quotations

I tended to place my wife under a pedestal.
Woody Allen

I need privacy. I would think that because what I do makes a lot of people happy that I might deserve a little bit of respect in return. Instead, the papers try to drag me off my pedestal.
Jim Carrey

A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.
Gloria Steinem

We are coming down from our pedestal and up from the laundry room.
Bella Abzug

I'm not set on a pedestal where I think I'm too high and mighty.
Naomi Campbell

The most important scientific revolutions all include, as their only common feature, the dethronement of human arrogance from one pedestal after another of previous convictions about our centrality in the cosmos.
Stephen Jay Gould

The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead.
William Lloyd Garrison

Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out, about a century ago, that the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent.
Barbara Ehrenreich

It was an experience that was exceptional. People frequently ask what it was like and it truly was inspiring. Sometimes during his lifetime, people would try and put him on a pedestal and that's not where he wanted to be, but he was really a great individual.
John Sexton

A lot of people put all that stuff on a pedestal, and they won't touch it. But I don't think that's the reason they did that. I think they played that stuff out of pure joy.
Brian Setzer

Pedestal Translations

pedestal in German is Sockel
pedestal in Portuguese is suporte
pedestal in Spanish is pedestal
pedestal in Swedish is postament

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