Definizione monolingua

pedestal

pedestal (third-person singular simple present pedestals, present participle pedestaling, simple past and past participle pedestaled)

1. To set or support on (or as if on) a pedestal

pedestal (plural pedestals)

1. (architecture) 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}.
2. 1. (Railroad Cars) A casting secured to the frame of a truck and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.
   2. (Mach.) A pillow block; a low housing.
   3. (Bridge Building) An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier.

Definizione dizionario pedestal

piedistallo

piedestallo

Altri significati:

Pedestal coil (steam Heating), a group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, -- used in a radiator.

To set or support on (or as if on) a pedestal

the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like

(architecture) 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}.