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| ped·es·tal [ péddəst'l ] |
noun (plural ped·es·tals) |
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1. base of column: a base or support for a column or statue
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2. supporting base of furniture: the column-shaped base of a piece of furniture such as a table or washbasin
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3. position of being exalted: the position of being admired by somebody to the point of reverence or deification
  I don't want to be put on a pedestal - I just want to be treated as a normal person!
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transitive verb (past and past participle ped·es·taled or ped·es·tal·led, present participle ped·es·tal·ing or ped·es·tal·ling, 3rd person present singular ped·es·tals) |
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put something on pedestal: to provide somebody or something with a pedestal
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| [Mid-16th century. Via French piédestal< Italian piedestallo, literally "foot of a stall"; altered after Latin ped- "foot"] |
