1. A support or foundation
   - base, stand 
2. A position of great esteem (and supposed superiority)
   "they put him on a pedestal" 
3. An architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)
   - plinth, footstall

Derived forms: pedestals

Type of: position, status, support

Part of: column, pillar

Encyclopedia: Pedestal

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