- an architectural support for a column, statue, vase, or the like.
- a supporting structure or piece; base.
- Furniture.
- a support for a desk, consisting of a boxlike frame containing drawers one above the other.
- a columnar support for a tabletop.
- a bulge cast at the bottom of a concrete pile.
- to put on or supply with a pedestal.
- to glorify; idealize: When we first became engaged each of us set the other on a pedestal.
- a base that supports a column, statue, etc, as used in classical architecture
- a position of eminence or supposed superiority (esp in the phrases place, put, or set on a pedestal)
- either of a pair of sets of drawers used as supports for a writing surface
- (as modifier)
