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Meanings of plinth in English

Portuguese
suporte
Catalan
pedestal

An architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)

suporte
Synonyms
Examples for "pedestal"
Examples for "pedestal"
1
Let me go ahead and move that pedestal out of the way.
Ebony
2
The grave was strewn with flowers, and the pedestal bears this inscription:
Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison: Fifteen Ye...
3
Of course when they saw me I was not on my pedestal.
De profundis
4
Of course, Tolstoy is on a pedestal -assuredly the greatest novelist.
The Guardian
5
She was close to the inscription on the side of the pedestal.
The Woman in White
1
Simply pull out the footstall positioned in front, press the "fully flat" button and the seat connects the two to form the generous-sized bed.
News.com.au
Usage of plinth in English
1
The plinth beneath the units can be used as extra storage space.
The Irish Times
2
It was William Dargan making great efforts to get off his plinth.
The Irish Times
3
Titus and I made a nice friendly group, up on his plinth.
Venus In Copper
4
A figure broke away from the group to go to the plinth.
The outsiders
5
Phobos and Deimos slunk out from behind the cracked plinth, chattering noisily.
The Magician
6
Suddenly he had no desire to see what lay on the plinth.
The outsiders
7
The ghost in the plinth does look a little bit like you.
James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper
8
The knight crashed into the weeping woman, rocking her on her plinth.
A Game of Thrones
9
He raised the lantern to reveal something lying on the plinth within.
Orb Sceptre Throne
10
Angus moved quickly to the plinth and picked up the biggest skull.
The marks of cain
11
The Best Cup will have a new name on the plinth this year.
The Irish Times
12
You'll learn that about me.' He placed the cage on the stone plinth.
Artemis Fowl: the time paradox
13
The empty plinth was used as a makeshift stage for protesters.
Radio NZ
14
I suggest the latter for the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square.
The Guardian
15
There is no base or plinth at all, no treatment of the wall.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 633, February 18, 1888
16
A virtual model of Tempest 43 coalesced over the central plinth.
Year's best sf 15
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Translations for plinth
Catalan
pedestal
Plinth through the time
Plinth across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Less common
United States of America
Less common