- any platform, stage, or the like, for public speaking.
- a pulpit.
- a beaklike projection from the prow of a ship, especially one on an ancient warship for ramming an enemy ship; beak; ram.
- (in the forum) the raised platform, adorned with the beaks of captured warships, from which orations, pleadings, etc., were delivered.
- a beaklike process or extension of some part; rostellum.
- a raised platform or dais, especially one with hinged sides that can be folded and stored within a relatively small space.
- any platform, stage, or dais on which public speakers stand to address an audience
- a platform or dais in front of an orchestra on which the conductor stands
- another word for ram (def. 5)
- the prow or beak of an ancient Roman ship
- a beak or beaklike part
