pedestals

noun

Definition of pedestalsnext
plural of pedestal
1
as in feet
a bottom part upon which something rests or is supported The museum displayed the jewels on a pedestal inside a glass case. The entrance to the ruined temple was flanked by columns, some of which had fallen from their pedestals.

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as in thrones
the position of someone who is treated or regarded as extraordinarily good, successful, etc. There's a tendency to put the person you love on a pedestal. The scandal knocked the beloved actor off his pedestal.

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pedestals
  1. foot
  2. platforms
  3. foundations
  4. podiums
  5. pillars
  6. columns
Noun
  • In the basement, Reiss had the floor of the kitchen dug out three and a half feet to gain height for the ceiling.
    Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Our office is just 1,000 feet from Howelsen Hill Ski Area and its summer trail network, half a mile from the Spring Creek Trailhead, which connects to the Continental Divide, and only three miles from the Steamboat Springs Ski Resort.
    Nick Davidson, Outside Online, 18 Nov. 2024
Definition of foot
Noun
  • Fifty-three percent (53%) of Republican government managers and 48% of Democrats believe the federal government should be allowed to censor speech that is posted on social media platforms.
    Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Application platforms like Salesforce are typically used for internal applications.
    Jason Andersen, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of platforms
Noun
  • All of that water barreled down the mountains, liquifying the slopes in some places into devastating mudslides that wiped homes off their foundations.
    Dan Heching, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The pull to care for infants is one of the foundations of success for humans.
    Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of foundations
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  • This time around, however, Perez has only four podiums to his name, the last of which came in China on April 21.
    Dan Cancian, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Foster led the series in wins (8), poles (7), podiums (12), laps led (362/640) and completed every lap of competition to beat Abel Motorsports’ Jacob Abel to the title by 122 points.
    Bruce Martin, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Definition of podiums
Noun
  • All of the cells settled down around the pillars, which caused their nuclei to curve.
    Michael Franco, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The programming dovetails with the school’s own pillars of pride, which discourage bullying.
    Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of pillars
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  • Read other Fortune columns by François Candelon.
    Riccarda Joas, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Gossip columns had long been a staple of music trade magazines, but on on the Velvet Rope, readers could see a response published not in days but… hours!
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of columns
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