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plinth

(plɪnθ)
Word forms: plural plinths
countable noun
A plinth is a rectangular block of stone on which a statue or pillar stands.

plinth in British English

(plɪnθ)
noun
1.  Also called: socle
the rectangular slab or block that forms the lowest part of the base of a column, statue, pedestal, or pier
2.  Also called: plinth course
the lowest part of the wall of a building that appears above ground level, esp one that is formed of a course of stone or brick
3. 
a flat block on either side of a doorframe, where the architrave meets the skirting
4. 
a flat base on which a structure or piece of equipment is placed
Word origin
C17: from Latin plinthus, from Greek plinthos brick, shaped stone

plinth in American English

(plɪnθ)
noun
1. 
the square block at the base of a column, pedestal, etc.
2. 
the base on which a statue is placed
3. 
a course of brick or stone, often a projecting one, along the base of a wall
: also plinth course
4. 
a flat block at the base of door trim, an architrave, etc.
Word origin
L plinthus < Gr plinthos, brick, tile

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Examples of 'plinth' in a sentence
plinth

It will occupy the plinth next year.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
His model of the empty plinth includes a safety net.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
An empty plinth is an empty plinth.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
So will we discover anything deeper from the fourth plinth project than this simple appeal to the lowest common denominator?
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
This fact is inescapable, especially if you move like a stuffed sloth on a marble plinth.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The cake looked like the Colosseum on a marble plinth.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
 Empty, the plinth attests to the metaphysical void once inhabited by art.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
A single sculptural container raised up on a stone plinth can be the focal point of the garden.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I'm excited at the prospect of turning the fourth plinth into a giant cake stand.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
We will have to have our Remembrance Day service around the empty plinth.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He is the undisputed star turn, despite the dodgy disc and descent from golf's marble plinth.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The French have been playing like a stuffed poodle on a marble plinth, but should we beware this wounded animal?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
THE search for a hero to go on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square is over.
The Sun (2008)
FIRST there was the vacant fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)

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